Hydrologic Cycle Worksheet
A worksheet covering the key stages of the hydrologic (water) cycle for 6th-grade science students.
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Hydrologic Cycle Worksheet
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Refer to the diagram of the water cycle to help you.
1. The process where liquid water turns into water vapor and rises into the atmosphere is called .
2. When water vapor cools and changes back into liquid water droplets, forming clouds, this process is known as .
3. Water falling back to Earth in the form of rain, snow, sleet, or hail is called .
4. Water that flows over the land surface into rivers, lakes, and oceans is known as .
5. Which of the following is NOT a stage of the water cycle?
Evaporation
Photosynthesis
Condensation
Precipitation
6. What is the primary source of energy that drives the water cycle?
Wind
Moon
Sun
Earth's core
7. Explain the difference between evaporation and condensation.
8. Describe how water moves from the atmosphere back to Earth's surface.
9. Transpiration is the process of water evaporating from plants.
True
False
10. All precipitation falls as rain.
True
False