The Water Cycle Diagram • Teacha! - Free Printable

Let's solve this step by step by labeling the diagram of The Water Cycle using the provided word bank:

Word Bank:

- Rivers and streams
- Precipitation
- Runoff
- Underground water
- Sea
- Wind
- Sun
- Evaporation
- Condensation

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Now, let’s analyze each blank in the diagram based on the typical water cycle process:

1. Top right: The sun
- The sun is shown as a circle with rays. This is clearly the sun, which provides energy for evaporation.

2. Arrows rising from the sea (water body)
- These wavy arrows going upward from the large body of water indicate water turning into vapor. This is evaporation.

3. Clouds forming above the sea
- The process where water vapor turns into clouds is called condensation. So the cloud should be labeled condensation.

4. Rain falling from the cloud to the land
- Rain or snow coming down from the cloud is precipitation.

5. Large body of water at the bottom right
- This is a large water body, likely an ocean or sea. Label it sea.

6. Water flowing from the land into the sea
- This is a river or stream carrying water back to the sea. Label it rivers and streams.

7. Water moving underground beneath the surface
- The arrow pointing sideways under the ground shows water seeping into the soil. This is underground water.

8. Water flowing over the land surface into rivers
- After precipitation, water flows over the surface into rivers. This is runoff.

9. Arrow moving horizontally across the sky from one cloud to another
- This represents air movement that carries moisture. It's wind.

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Final Labels:

Here’s how to fill in the blanks:

1. Sun → Top right (the sun symbol)
2. Evaporation → Arrows rising from the sea
3. Condensation → Cloud above the sea (where vapor forms clouds)
4. Precipitation → Rain falling from the cloud
5. Sea → Large body of water at the bottom right
6. Rivers and streams → Flowing water on the surface going toward the sea
7. Underground water → Arrow showing water moving beneath the ground
8. Runoff → Water flowing over the land into rivers
9. Wind → Horizontal arrow in the sky between clouds

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Completed Diagram Labels (from top to bottom):

- Sun (top right)
- Evaporation (arrows from sea)
- Condensation (cloud)
- Precipitation (rain from cloud)
- Sea (large water body)
- Rivers and streams (flowing water)
- Runoff (surface flow into rivers)
- Underground water (below-ground flow)
- Wind (horizontal arrow)

✔ All labels are now correctly placed based on the water cycle process.

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