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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.
Which of these holds fresh water we can drink?
- A.The salty sea
- B.Rivers and lakes
- C.A stone
- D.The Sun
2.
Water vapour rises…
- A.Nowhere
- B.Down into the ground
- C.Into rocks
- D.Up into the air
3.
The correct order is: evaporation, condensation, then…
- A.Nothing
- B.Precipitation
- C.Cooking
- D.Reading
4.
What heats the sea water so it evaporates?
- A.The wind only
- B.The Moon
- C.The Sun
- D.A lamp
5.
Water drops on the outside of a cold glass are an example of…
- A.Condensation
- B.Evaporation
- C.Freezing
- D.Raining
6.
The water cycle keeps repeating, so it never…
- A.Stops
- B.Starts
- C.Rains
- D.Moves
7.
When water is heated and turns into vapour, it is called…
- A.Freezing
- B.Evaporation
- C.Raining
- D.Snowing
8.
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
9.
Why is rain so important for farmers?
- A.It is warm
- B.It is salty
- C.It waters their crops
- D.It is heavy
10.
When cloud drops join and grow heavy, they fall as…
- A.Sunshine
- B.Rain
- C.Wind
- D.Light
11.
Early morning dew on grass forms because the cool night air made vapour…
- A.Freeze into rock
- B.Evaporate
- C.Condense into drops
- D.Vanish
12.
Water can be found as a solid (ice), a liquid (water) and a…
- A.Gas (water vapour)
- B.Rock
- C.Metal
- D.Plastic
13.
Rain that falls soaks into the soil and fills our…
- A.Cupboards
- B.Rivers and wells
- C.Books
- D.Shoes
14.
Sea water is not good for drinking because it is too…
- A.Clean
- B.Sweet
- C.Cold
- D.Salty
15.
When water vapour cools and turns back into tiny drops, it is called…
- A.Evaporation
- B.Condensation
- C.Melting
- D.Burning
Section B — Challenge / Olympiad (2 marks each)
5 × 2 = 10 marks
16.
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
17.
A raindrop today could have once been part of an ocean long ago. This is possible because water…
- A.Never moves
- B.Is made fresh each day
- C.Is recycled endlessly in the cycle
- D.Comes from the Moon
18.
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
19.
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
20.
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
Answer Key
Section A — Multiple Choice (1 mark each)
- (B) Rivers and lakes
- (D) Up into the air
- (B) Precipitation
- (C) The Sun
- (A) Condensation
- (A) Stops
- (B) Evaporation
- (B) Goes round and round, repeating
- (C) It waters their crops
- (B) Rain
- (C) Condense into drops
- (A) Gas (water vapour)
- (B) Rivers and wells
- (D) Salty
- (B) Condensation
Section B — Challenge / Olympiad (2 marks each)
- (A) Water
- (C) Is recycled endlessly in the cycle
- (D) Much colder
- (D) Moves round in the water cycle
- (A) Water
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