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Educational worksheets for learning about the water cycle, featuring diagrams and vocabulary labels.

Two black-and-white worksheets titled "The Water Cycle" showing diagrams of the water cycle with labeled parts and blank spaces for students to fill in.

Two black-and-white worksheets titled "The Water Cycle" showing diagrams of the water cycle with labeled parts and blank spaces for students to fill in.

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Let’s solve this step by step.

We are looking at a diagram of the water cycle. The goal is to label each part using the words from the word bank on the right side of page 2.

The word bank includes:
- rain and rivers
- precipitation
- runoff
- groundwater
- sea
- wind
- sun
- evaporation
- condensation

Now, let’s look at the arrows and boxes in the diagram (page 2) and match them with the correct terms.

Step 1: Look at the big circle in the sky — that’s the sun. It heats up water so it can turn into vapor.

Step 2: Arrows going up from the sea and land toward clouds — that’s evaporation. Water turns into gas and rises.

Step 3: Clouds forming — that’s condensation. Water vapor cools and turns back into tiny droplets to make clouds.

Step 4: Rain falling from clouds — that’s precipitation. This includes rain, snow, sleet, etc.

Step 5: Water flowing over land into rivers or streams — that’s runoff.

Step 6: Water soaking into the ground — that’s groundwater.

Step 7: Rivers flowing into the sea — that’s labeled as rain and rivers (though technically it’s more about surface flow).

Step 8: The large body of water at the bottom — that’s the sea.

Step 9: Arrow showing air moving — that’s wind, which helps move clouds around.

Now, let’s assign each box in the diagram:

Top left cloud with rain → precipitation

Arrow pointing up from sea → evaporation

Cloud above land → formed by condensation

Box near mountain with water flowing down → runoff

Box under ground → groundwater

Large water body at bottom → sea

Arrow between clouds → wind

Sun in top right → sun

River flowing to sea → rain and rivers (as per the word bank)

Wait — let’s double-check the exact labels needed for each blank box in the diagram.

Looking again at page 2:

There are 9 blank boxes/arrows to fill.

From left to right, top to bottom:

1. Top-left cloud with rain falling → precipitation
2. Arrow rising from sea → evaporation
3. Cloud above land (where rain comes from) → condensation
4. Box on mountain slope where water flows → runoff
5. Box underground → groundwater
6. Large water body at bottom → sea
7. Arrow between two clouds → wind
8. Sun icon → sun
9. River flowing into sea → rain and rivers

Yes, that matches all 9 items in the word bank.

Final Answer:
precipitation, evaporation, condensation, runoff, groundwater, sea, wind, sun, rain and rivers
Parent Tip: Review the logic above to help your child master the concept of water cycle 4th grade worksheet.
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