Water cycle diagram worksheet for Earth's Systems 45, illustrating evaporation, condensation, and precipitation with fill-in-the-blank questions.

Let’s go step by step to solve this water cycle worksheet.

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Part 1: Label the steps in the water cycle

We are given three words:
→ evaporation
→ precipitation
→ condensation

And we have a diagram with four blank boxes to label.

Let’s look at what each word means:

- Evaporation: When water turns from liquid (like in oceans or lakes) into vapor (gas) and rises up because of heat from the sun. In the diagram, you can see wavy lines going up from the water — that’s evaporation. So the box pointing to those wavy lines should be labeled evaporation.

- Condensation: When water vapor cools down and turns back into tiny water droplets — forming clouds. In the diagram, there’s a cloud being formed from rising vapor. The box next to the cloud (on the right side) should be condensation.

- Precipitation: When water falls from clouds as rain, snow, etc. In the diagram, there’s a cloud on the left with rain falling down toward the mountain. The box above that cloud should be precipitation.

Wait — there are *four* boxes? Let’s check again.

Looking at the image description:

There’s:
- One box above the raining cloud → that’s precipitation
- One box above the sunny cloud (no rain) → that’s likely condensation (cloud formation)
- One box pointing to the wavy lines rising from water → that’s evaporation
- And one more box? Actually, looking closely — maybe the fourth box is redundant or miscounted? But since only three terms are given, perhaps one box is extra or meant for another purpose? Wait — no, actually, re-examining: the instruction says “label the steps” and gives 3 words. There are 4 boxes? That doesn’t match.

Actually, let me recount based on standard water cycle diagrams:

Typically:
1. Sun heats water → evaporation (wavy lines up) → label that box → evaporation
2. Vapor rises and forms clouds → condensation → label the cloud box → condensation
3. Clouds release rain → precipitation → label the raining cloud box → precipitation

So even if there are 4 boxes, only 3 are needed. Maybe one box is not used? Or perhaps I’m miscounting.

But according to the problem: “Use the words in the table to label the steps...” — and there are exactly 3 words. So likely, 3 of the 4 boxes are to be labeled, and one might be a distractor or error? But in most versions of this worksheet, there are 3 boxes.

Assuming standard layout:

→ Box over wavy lines from water → evaporation
→ Box over cloud forming (right side) → condensation
→ Box over raining cloud (left side) → precipitation

That uses all 3 words.

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Part 2: Fill in the blanks

1. When water condenses, it changes from a _______ to a _______.

Condensation is when gas (water vapor) turns into liquid (tiny water droplets in clouds).
So: from a gas to a liquid

2. When water evaporates, it changes from a _______ to a _______.

Evaporation is when liquid water turns into gas (vapor).
So: from a liquid to a gas

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Now, let’s write the final answers clearly.

Final Answer:
For the diagram:
- Box over wavy lines rising from water: evaporation
- Box over cloud (right side): condensation
- Box over raining cloud (left side): precipitation

For the fill-in-the-blanks:
1. When water condenses, it changes from a gas to a liquid.
2. When water evaporates, it changes from a liquid to a gas.