Worksheet

The Water Cycle

Grade 5 - Science - On Level

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

    • runoff
    • condensation
    • transpiration
    • evaporation

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

    • transpiration
    • precipitation
    • evaporation
    • collection

  3. What happens before runoff in this model?

    • precipitation
    • collection
    • runoff
    • condensation

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

    • magnetic attraction only
    • a food web predator
    • gravity pulls water downhill
    • a possessive apostrophe

  5. Which description belongs with collection?

    • water vapor cools and forms cloud droplets
    • water gathers in oceans, lakes, groundwater, or ice
    • water falls from clouds as rain, snow, sleet, or hail
    • plants release water vapor from leaves

  6. Which water-cycle stage means "water flows over land into streams, rivers, or lakes"?

    • runoff
    • evaporation
    • precipitation
    • collection

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

    • transpiration
    • collection
    • condensation
    • runoff

  8. What happens before precipitation in this model?

    • runoff
    • collection
    • precipitation
    • condensation

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

    • water stores before moving again
    • a food web predator
    • magnetic attraction only
    • a possessive apostrophe

  10. Which description belongs with runoff?

    • water gathers in oceans, lakes, groundwater, or ice
    • plants release water vapor from leaves
    • water flows over land into streams, rivers, or lakes
    • water falls from clouds as rain, snow, sleet, or hail
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