Educational worksheet on the water cycle with a diagram and questions.

Let’s go step by step to answer each question based on the text provided.

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Question 1: Identify the two types of water found on earth.

From the text:
> “The two types of water found on earth are either salty or fresh.”

So, the two types are:
- Salty water (like in oceans)
- Fresh water (like in lakes, rivers, snow, ice)

✔ Answer: Salty and fresh

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Question 2: Name 5 sources of water.

From the text:
> “...found in lakes, rivers, snow, and ground water” — that’s 4.
Also mentioned: “oceans” (salty), and “glaciers” (implied under “snow and ice”), and “clouds” (as part of cycle). But let’s stick to clear sources listed or implied.

Text says:
- Oceans
- Lakes
- Rivers
- Snow
- Ground water

That’s 5!

✔ Answer: Oceans, lakes, rivers, snow, ground water

*(Note: You could also say glaciers or clouds, but these 5 are directly named or clearly implied as storage places.)*

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Question 3: In your own words, describe the water cycle.

We need to summarize simply:

Water moves around Earth in different forms — liquid, gas, solid. The sun heats water → turns it into vapor (evaporation) → rises into air → cools and becomes clouds (condensation) → falls back as rain/snow (precipitation) → soaks into ground or flows to rivers/oceans → then evaporates again. Plants also release water vapor (transpiration). It never stops — it’s a loop!

✔ Simple version:
*The water cycle is how water keeps moving around Earth. The sun warms up water from oceans and lakes, turning it into invisible vapor. That vapor rises, cools, and makes clouds. Then it falls back down as rain or snow. Some goes into the ground, some runs off to rivers and oceans, and plants even give off water vapor too. Then it all starts over again!*

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Question 4: Explain what condensation, evaporation and precipitation is.

From the text:

- Evaporation: When water changes from liquid to gas (vapor) because of heat from the sun. Example: puddle drying up.
- Condensation: When water vapor (gas) cools and turns back into tiny liquid droplets — this makes clouds.
- Precipitation: When water falls from clouds to Earth — like rain, hail, sleet, or snow.

✔ Answers:
- *Evaporation*: Water turning into vapor when heated by the sun.
- *Condensation*: Vapor cooling and turning into cloud droplets.
- *Precipitation*: Water falling from clouds as rain, snow, etc.

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Question 5: What are the three states of water?

From the text:
> “It changes from one state to another, solid, liquid and gas.”

Examples given:
- Liquid: ocean water
- Gas: water vapor
- Solid: ice, snow, glaciers

✔ Answer: Solid, liquid, gas

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Question 6: What is another name for the water cycle?

From the text:
> “Another name for the water cycle is the hydrologic cycle.”

✔ Answer: Hydrologic cycle

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Final Answer:

1. Salty and fresh
2. Oceans, lakes, rivers, snow, ground water
3. The water cycle is how water moves around Earth: sun heats water → turns to vapor → forms clouds → falls as rain/snow → returns to oceans/ground → repeats forever.
4. Evaporation = water turning to vapor; Condensation = vapor turning to clouds; Precipitation = rain/snow falling from clouds
5. Solid, liquid, gas
6. Hydrologic cycle