Water cycle activity for GRADE 5 - Free Printable

Lesson 1: What is the water cycle?

#### Task 1: Label the stages shown in the photos.
The images depict different stages of the water cycle. Let's identify and label them:

1. Image 1 (Sun): This represents evaporation. The sun heats up water bodies, causing water to turn into vapor and rise into the air.
2. Image 2 (Clouds): This represents condensation. Water vapor in the air cools down and turns back into liquid droplets, forming clouds.
3. Image 3 (Rainfall): This represents precipitation. Water droplets in clouds become heavy and fall to Earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
4. Image 4 (Waterfall): This represents storage. Water collects in streams, rivers, lakes, and oceans after precipitation.

So, the labels are:
- Image 1: evaporation
- Image 2: condensation
- Image 3: precipitation
- Image 4: storage

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#### Task 2: Describing the water cycle. Circle the correct words.
We need to choose the correct words to complete the sentences about the water cycle.

a. The heat from the sun causes water to become rain / water vapor and rise into the air.
- Correct word: water vapor
- Explanation: Heat from the sun causes water to evaporate and turn into water vapor, which rises into the air.

b. Water vapor cools down / heats up and it becomes liquid again. Tiny water droplets form clouds.
- Correct word: cools down
- Explanation: When water vapor cools down, it condenses back into liquid droplets, forming clouds.

c. Water particles / Clouds join together. They become heavy and fall to Earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
- Correct word: Clouds
- Explanation: Clouds are made up of tiny water droplets that join together and become heavy, leading to precipitation.

d. Some water seeps into the ground. Some water flows over the land, and evaporates / collects in streams, lakes, and oceans.
- Correct word: collects
- Explanation: Water that flows over the land collects in streams, lakes, and oceans, where it can later evaporate again.

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#### Task 3: Which stage in the water cycle? Write the stages to match the descriptions in Task 2 above.
We need to match the descriptions from Task 2 with the corresponding stages of the water cycle.

a. The heat from the sun causes water to become water vapor and rise into the air.
- Stage: evaporation

b. Water vapor cools down and it becomes liquid again. Tiny water droplets form clouds.
- Stage: condensation

c. Clouds join together. They become heavy and fall to Earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
- Stage: precipitation

d. Some water seeps into the ground. Some water flows over the land, and collects in streams, lakes, and oceans.
- Stage: storage

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#### Task 4: What happens? Read the descriptions. Choose condensation or evaporation.
We need to determine whether the described scenarios involve condensation (water vapor turning into liquid) or evaporation (liquid water turning into vapor).

1. You put wet clothes near a heater.
- Evaporation: The heat from the heater causes the moisture in the wet clothes to turn into water vapor and rise into the air.

2. You have a very hot shower and the bathroom mirror is covered with tiny droplets of water.
- Condensation: The warm, moist air from the shower cools down when it comes into contact with the cooler surface of the mirror, causing water vapor to condense into liquid droplets.

3. You put a glass in the freezer. When you take it out ten minutes later, the glass looks cloudy.
- Condensation: The cold glass causes the moisture in the air to cool down and condense into liquid droplets on the surface of the glass.

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Final Answers:

#### Task 1: Labels for the images
1. evaporation
2. condensation
3. precipitation
4. storage

#### Task 2: Circle the correct words
a. water vapor
b. cools down
c. Clouds
d. collects

#### Task 3: Match the descriptions with stages
a. evaporation
b. condensation
c. precipitation
d. storage

#### Task 4: Choose condensation or evaporation
1. evaporation
2. condensation
3. condensation

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Boxed Final Answer:

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2. \text{condensation} \\
3. \text{precipitation} \\
4. \text{storage} \\
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\text{Task 2:} \\
a. \text{water vapor} \\
b. \text{cools down} \\
c. \text{Clouds} \\
d. \text{collects} \\
\\
\text{Task 3:} \\
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b. \text{condensation} \\
c. \text{precipitation} \\
d. \text{storage} \\
\\
\text{Task 4:} \\
1. \text{evaporation} \\
2. \text{condensation} \\
3. \text{condensation} \\
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