Science 5th grade | UNIT 3: States of matter 3.6 The water cycle
Water keeps going around and around in what we call the water cycle.
In the water cycle, water moves from the land and sea to the air and back again.
The water cycle happens mainly because of evaporation and condensation. Freezing and melting also happen in the water cycle.
Questions
1- a: Where does the heat come from that makes water evaporate from rivers, lakes and seas?
b: Where else in the water cycle does evaporation happen?
2- Where does the evaporated water go?
3- a: What happens to water vapour when it condenses?
b: Where in the water cycle does this happen?
4- How does the evaporated water get back to Earth?
5- Where in the water cycle does:
a: freezing happen?
b: melting happen?
6- Why is the water cycle important to us?
7- Complete these sentences about the water cycle.
Use the words in the box to help you.
(water - vapour - condenses - evaporates)
a: Water on the Earth's surface .................... and moves up into the air as water ..................... .
b: The water vapour cools and ................. as it rises into the air.
c: Rain, snow and hail bring ......................... back to the Earth's surface.