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An interactive diagram explaining the water cycle with labeled stages and a writing activity for students.

A colorful educational worksheet titled "The Water Cycle" illustrating the process with diagrams of the sun, clouds, rain, rivers, and plants, including labeled parts like evaporation, condensation, and precipitation.

A colorful educational worksheet titled "The Water Cycle" illustrating the process with diagrams of the sun, clouds, rain, rivers, and plants, including labeled parts like evaporation, condensation, and precipitation.

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We are given a diagram of the water cycle with blank boxes to fill in using these words:
- evaporation
- transpiration
- warm air rises
- condensation
- precipitation
- surface run-off
- infiltration
- ground water store

Also, there is a short text on the right that explains each part — we can use it to match the correct term to each box.

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First, let’s look at the diagram and trace the path of water:

1. Sun heats up water from sea/lake → water turns to vapor and goes up
→ This is evaporation (water turning into gas from oceans, lakes, etc.)

2. Plants release water vapor into air
→ The text says: “At the same time, water moves through plants and leaves... known as transpiration.”
→ So the arrow coming from trees going up = transpiration

3. Warm moist air rises up into sky
→ Text: “During the evaporation stage, warm air rises...”
→ Arrow pointing upward from land/sea area = warm air rises

4. Water vapor cools and forms clouds/droplets
→ Text: “Condensation happens as the warm air cools down... droplets form clouds.”
→ Box near cloud forming = condensation

5. Rain/snow falls from clouds to ground
→ Text: “Precipitation happens as the water droplets fall from the clouds...”
→ Arrows showing rain falling = precipitation

6. Water flows over land into rivers/lakes
→ Text: “When the water falls to the ground it will move across the land as surface run-off...”
→ Arrow flowing over ground into river = surface run-off

7. Water soaks into soil and goes underground
→ Text: “Some of it will soak into the ground to become groundwater... called infiltration.”
→ Arrow going down into soil = infiltration

8. Water stored underground
→ Text: “Ground water store (or under body) warmed by the sun to recycle the water again.”
→ Bottom layer underground = ground water store

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Now let’s assign them to the blanks in order (top to bottom, left to right as they appear in diagram):

Looking at the diagram layout (imagining standard water cycle diagram):

Top row (left to right):
- First blank above ocean → evaporation
- Second blank above land/trees → transpiration
- Third blank where air is rising → warm air rises

Middle section:
- Blank inside cloud → condensation
- Blank where rain is falling → precipitation
- Blank where water flows over land → surface run-off
- Blank where water goes into ground → infiltration

Bottom:
- Blank underground → ground water store

Wait — let’s count the blanks in the image description.

From the user’s image description, there are 8 blanks total.

List of terms: 8 terms → perfect match.

Let me map them based on typical water cycle diagrams and the clues in the text:

Blank 1 (above ocean, arrow going up) → evaporation

Blank 2 (above trees, arrow going up) → transpiration

Blank 3 (arrow going up from land/sea mix) → warm air rises

Blank 4 (inside cloud) → condensation

Blank 5 (rain falling) → precipitation

Blank 6 (water flowing over ground into river) → surface run-off

Blank 7 (arrow going down into soil) → infiltration

Blank 8 (underground layer) → ground water store

Yes — that matches all 8.

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Final Answer:

evaporation
transpiration
warm air rises
condensation
precipitation
surface run-off
infiltration
ground water store
Parent Tip: Review the logic above to help your child master the concept of water cycle diagram worksheets.
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