The Water Cycle
A Grade 4 science worksheet covering the key stages of the water cycle: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and collection.
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Use the diagram below to help you.
1. The sun's energy causes water to turn into vapor and rise into the air. This process is called .
2. As water vapor rises, it cools and turns back into liquid water, forming clouds. This process is called .
3. When clouds become full of water droplets, the water falls back to Earth as rain, snow, or hail. This is called .
4. Water that falls back to Earth can gather in oceans, lakes, rivers, or on land. This is known as .
5. What is the main source of energy that drives the water cycle?
The moon
Wind
The sun
Gravity
6. Which of these is NOT a form of precipitation?
Rain
Snow
Fog
Hail
7. The water cycle is a continuous process with no beginning or end.
True
False
8. All the water on Earth today is the same water that has been here for millions of years.
True
False
9. Explain in your own words what happens during the evaporation stage of the water cycle.
10. Where does most of the Earth's evaporation happen?