Cycles of Matter Worksheet
Explore the water cycle and carbon cycle with this Grade 5 science worksheet, covering key processes like evaporation, condensation, precipitation, photosynthesis, and respiration.
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. This worksheet covers the water cycle and carbon cycle.
The is the continuous movement of water on, above, and below the surface of the Earth.
When the sun heats water, it turns into a gas called water vapor. This process is called .
As water vapor rises, it cools and turns back into liquid water droplets, forming clouds. This process is called .
When too much water has condensed, the water droplets fall back to Earth as rain, snow, or hail. This is called .
Use the diagram below to help you answer the questions.
1. Which part of the water cycle is responsible for forming clouds?
Evaporation
Condensation
Precipitation
Collection
2. What is the primary source of energy that drives the water cycle?
Wind
Moon
Sun
Earth's core
Plants take in from the air to make their own food through a process called .
Animals get carbon by eating or other animals.
When living things breathe out, they release back into the atmosphere. This process is called .
When plants and animals die, decomposers break them down, returning to the soil and air.
1. The water cycle and carbon cycle are completely separate and do not interact.
True
False
2. Burning fossil fuels adds carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.
True
False
1. Explain how the water you drink today might have been the same water that dinosaurs drank millions of years ago.
2. Describe one way humans impact the carbon cycle.