Worksheet

The Water Cycle

Grade 5 - Science - Challenge Me

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  1. Which water-cycle stage means "water vapor cools and forms cloud droplets"?

    • condensation
    • evaporation
    • precipitation
    • runoff

  2. What usually comes after transpiration in this water movement path?

    • condensation
    • evaporation
    • precipitation
    • transpiration

  3. What happens before transpiration in this model?

    • precipitation
    • condensation
    • runoff
    • plant water uptake

  4. Which statement helps explain precipitation in the water cycle?

    • a possessive apostrophe
    • cloud droplets become heavy enough to fall
    • magnetic attraction only
    • a food web predator

  5. Which description belongs with evaporation?

    • water flows over land into streams, rivers, or lakes
    • liquid water changes to water vapor
    • water gathers in oceans, lakes, groundwater, or ice
    • plants release water vapor from leaves

  6. Which water-cycle stage means "liquid water changes to water vapor"?

    • precipitation
    • collection
    • evaporation
    • transpiration

  7. What usually comes after precipitation in this water movement path?

    • collection or runoff
    • evaporation
    • precipitation
    • transpiration

  8. What happens before precipitation in this model?

    • transpiration
    • condensation
    • collection
    • evaporation

  9. Which statement helps explain transpiration in the water cycle?

    • magnetic attraction only
    • a possessive apostrophe
    • a food web predator
    • sunlight helps move water through plants

  10. Which description belongs with transpiration?

    • water vapor cools and forms cloud droplets
    • water gathers in oceans, lakes, groundwater, or ice
    • water flows over land into streams, rivers, or lakes
    • plants release water vapor from leaves
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