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Explore the Water Cycle

In this worksheet, students will answer questions about the water cycle in more detail using their understanding of changes of state.

'Explore the Water Cycle' worksheet

Key stage:  KS 2

Year:  Year 4 Science worksheets

Curriculum topic:   States of Matter

Curriculum subtopic:   Water Cycle: Evaporation and Condensation

Difficulty level:  

Worksheet Overview

Here is the water cycle:

 

Water cycle

 

As water moves through the water cycle, it may exist as a solid, liquid or gas. There is water vapour in the air around us, even though we cannot see it until it condenses into water droplets.

 

Wind and heat cause the droplets to rise up into the air. As the droplets rise, the temperature falls, and the droplets form clouds.

 

Snowflake

 

When the air is very cold, the water droplets freeze, and fall as snow. Sometimes, high up on mountains, the snow does not melt because the temperature does not rise above freezing all year round.

 

snow on mountains

 

However, in other places, melting ice flows down the mountain to create rivers, which then flow to the sea.

 

a river

 

We will use this activity to test what we understand about the water cycle.

 

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