Educational worksheet explaining the water cycle with labeled images and interactive exercises.

Let’s go step by step to solve each part of the worksheet.

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Part 1: Label the stages shown in the photos

We have four pictures and four words:
→ precipitation
→ condensation
→ storage
→ evaporation

Look at each picture:

- Picture 1: Bright sun shining → This heats up water, turning it into vapor. That’s evaporation.
- Picture 2: Clouds in the sky → Water vapor cools and turns back into tiny droplets to form clouds. That’s condensation.
- Picture 3: Rain falling from dark clouds → Water falling from sky as rain/snow/etc. That’s precipitation.
- Picture 4: Water flowing down a waterfall into a lake or river → Water collecting on land or in bodies of water. That’s storage.

So:
1 → evaporation
2 → condensation
3 → precipitation
4 → storage

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Part 2: Circle the correct words

a) The heat from the sun causes water to become rain / water vapor and rise into the air.
→ Sun heats water → turns to gas (vapor), not liquid rain yet. So circle water vapor.

b) Water vapor cools down / heats up and it becomes liquid again. Tiny water droplets form clouds.
→ To turn from gas to liquid, it must cool. So circle cools down.

c) Water particles / Clouds join together. They become heavy and fall to Earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
→ It’s the water droplets inside clouds that join and get heavy. But “clouds” is the better word here — because we say “clouds release rain”. Also, “water particles” isn’t standard science language for this level. So circle Clouds.

d) Some water seeps into the ground. Some water flows over the land, and evaporates / collects in streams, lakes, and oceans.
→ After rain, water gathers in rivers/lakes/oceans. That’s collection. Evaporation happens later when sun hits it. So circle collects.

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Part 3: Match descriptions in Part 2 to water cycle stages

Recall the stages: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, storage.

Now match each sentence from Part 2:

a) Water becomes vapor and rises → evaporation
b) Vapor cools and forms clouds → condensation
c) Clouds drop rain/snow → precipitation
d) Water collects in lakes/oceans → storage

So:
a → evaporation
b → condensation
c → precipitation
d → storage

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Part 4: Choose condensation or evaporation

1) You put wet clothes near a heater.
→ Heat makes water in clothes turn to vapor → that’s evaporation

2) Hot shower → mirror gets foggy with tiny droplets.
→ Warm vapor hits cold mirror → turns to liquid droplets → that’s condensation

3) Glass in freezer → take out → looks cloudy after 10 mins.
→ Cold glass meets warm room air → water vapor in air turns to droplets on glass → that’s condensation

Wait — let’s double-check #3.
When you take a cold glass out, the air around it cools quickly. The water vapor in the air condenses on the cold surface → yes, condensation.

But sometimes people think “cloudy” means frost? No — if it’s just taken out after 10 minutes, it’s likely dew/condensation, not ice. So still condensation.

Actually — wait! Let me re-read: “the glass looks cloudy.” If it was in the freezer, it might be frozen. But when you take it out, moisture from the air condenses on it — so yes, condensation.

Final choices:
1 → evaporation
2 → condensation
3 → condensation

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✔ All answers checked and verified.

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Final Answer:

Part 1:
1 – evaporation
2 – condensation
3 – precipitation
4 – storage

Part 2:
a – water vapor
b – cools down
c – Clouds
d – collects

Part 3:
a – evaporation
b – condensation
c – precipitation
d – storage

Part 4:
1 – evaporation
2 – condensation
3 – condensation