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The Water Cycle — Practice Worksheet
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Roll No.: __________
Date: ____________
General Instructions
- All questions are compulsory.
- Choose the correct option (A, B, C or D) for each question.
- The answer key is at the end — try the paper first!
Section A — Multiple Choice (1 mark each)
15 × 1 = 15 marks
1.
When cloud drops join and grow heavy, they fall as…
- A.Sunshine
- B.Rain
- C.Wind
- D.Light
2.
What gives the energy that drives the whole water cycle?
- A.Rocks
- B.The Moon
- C.The wind only
- D.The Sun
3.
In very cold places, water falls from clouds as…
- A.Glass
- B.Sand
- C.Snow
- D.Smoke
4.
When water vapour cools and turns back into tiny drops, it is called…
- A.Evaporation
- B.Condensation
- C.Melting
- D.Burning
5.
Why must we save water even though Earth has so much?
- A.Water is heavy
- B.Very little is clean fresh water we can use
- C.Water is cheap
- D.There is no water
6.
What heats the sea water so it evaporates?
- A.The wind only
- B.The Moon
- C.The Sun
- D.A lamp
7.
Sea water is not good for drinking because it is too…
- A.Clean
- B.Sweet
- C.Cold
- D.Salty
8.
Which of these holds fresh water we can drink?
- A.The salty sea
- B.Rivers and lakes
- C.A stone
- D.The Sun
9.
The water cycle is called a 'cycle' because it…
- A.Happens once
- B.Goes round and round, repeating
- C.Only goes down
- D.Stops in winter
10.
Water vapour rises…
- A.Nowhere
- B.Down into the ground
- C.Into rocks
- D.Up into the air
11.
Rain, snow and hail are all types of…
- A.Light
- B.Evaporation
- C.Wind
- D.Precipitation
12.
Clouds are made of tiny…
- A.Smoke
- B.Cotton
- C.Water drops
- D.Sand
13.
Why does a puddle slowly disappear on a sunny day?
- A.It freezes
- B.It sinks into the sky
- C.Its water evaporates into the air
- D.It turns to rock
14.
The correct order is: evaporation, condensation, then…
- A.Nothing
- B.Precipitation
- C.Cooking
- D.Reading
15.
Water drops on the outside of a cold glass are an example of…
- A.Condensation
- B.Evaporation
- C.Freezing
- D.Raining
Section B — Challenge / Olympiad (2 marks each)
5 × 2 = 10 marks
16.
Salt is left behind when sea water evaporates. This shows that evaporation lifts up the ___ but not the salt.
- A.Water
- B.Sand
- C.Heat
- D.Air
17.
Condensation and evaporation are opposite because one turns water to vapour and the other turns vapour to…
- A.Water
- B.Rock
- C.Salt
- D.Air
18.
Cutting too many trees can reduce rainfall because trees help return water to the air through their…
- A.Leaves
- B.Roots only
- C.Bark only
- D.Shadows
19.
Mountains often get snow at the top but rain lower down because the top is…
- A.Sunnier always
- B.Warmer
- C.Drier always
- D.Much colder
20.
The same water on Earth keeps being used again and again because it…
- A.Never moves
- B.Is newly made daily
- C.Comes from space
- D.Moves round in the water cycle
Answer Key
Section A — Multiple Choice (1 mark each)
- (B) Rain
- (D) The Sun
- (C) Snow
- (B) Condensation
- (B) Very little is clean fresh water we can use
- (C) The Sun
- (D) Salty
- (B) Rivers and lakes
- (B) Goes round and round, repeating
- (D) Up into the air
- (D) Precipitation
- (C) Water drops
- (C) Its water evaporates into the air
- (B) Precipitation
- (A) Condensation
Section B — Challenge / Olympiad (2 marks each)
- (A) Water
- (A) Water
- (A) Leaves
- (D) Much colder
- (D) Moves round in the water cycle
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