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The Water Cycle — Practice Worksheet
Name: ____________________
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.
Rain falls because the drops become too ___ for the cloud to hold.
- A.Heavy
- B.Light
- C.Hot
- D.Dry
2.
Why is rain so important for farmers?
- A.It is warm
- B.It is salty
- C.It waters their crops
- D.It is heavy
3.
When water vapour cools and turns back into tiny drops, it is called…
- A.Evaporation
- B.Condensation
- C.Melting
- D.Burning
4.
Rain that falls soaks into the soil and fills our…
- A.Cupboards
- B.Rivers and wells
- C.Books
- D.Shoes
5.
Wet clothes dry because the water in them…
- A.Evaporates into the air
- B.Freezes
- C.Sinks down
- D.Turns to ice
6.
Water can be found as a solid (ice), a liquid (water) and a…
- A.Gas (water vapour)
- B.Rock
- C.Metal
- D.Plastic
7.
Water vapour rises…
- A.Nowhere
- B.Down into the ground
- C.Into rocks
- D.Up into the air
8.
What gives the energy that drives the whole water cycle?
- A.Rocks
- B.The Moon
- C.The wind only
- D.The Sun
9.
Most of the water on Earth is found in the…
- A.Oceans and seas
- B.Cups
- C.Bottles
- D.Clouds only
10.
The correct order is: evaporation, condensation, then…
- A.Nothing
- B.Precipitation
- C.Cooking
- D.Reading
11.
Clouds are made of tiny…
- A.Smoke
- B.Cotton
- C.Water drops
- D.Sand
12.
What heats the sea water so it evaporates?
- A.The wind only
- B.The Moon
- C.The Sun
- D.A lamp
13.
Which of these holds fresh water we can drink?
- A.The salty sea
- B.Rivers and lakes
- C.A stone
- D.The Sun
14.
After rain falls, the water flows back to the…
- A.Sun
- B.Sky only
- C.Rivers and seas
- D.Moon
15.
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
Section B — Challenge / Olympiad (2 marks each)
5 × 2 = 10 marks
16.
About how much of the Earth's surface is covered by water?
- A.Most of it (about three-quarters)
- B.None
- C.A tiny bit
- D.Exactly half is land
17.
Why does your warm breath make a 'cloud' on a cold morning?
- A.It is sand
- B.You breathe smoke
- C.Your breath freezes to rock
- D.The warm vapour cools and condenses
18.
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
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.
Why do clothes dry faster on a windy day?
- A.Wind adds water
- B.Wind is wet
- C.Wind freezes water
- D.Wind carries the vapour away quickly
Answer Key
Section A — Multiple Choice (1 mark each)
- (A) Heavy
- (C) It waters their crops
- (B) Condensation
- (B) Rivers and wells
- (A) Evaporates into the air
- (A) Gas (water vapour)
- (D) Up into the air
- (D) The Sun
- (A) Oceans and seas
- (B) Precipitation
- (C) Water drops
- (C) The Sun
- (B) Rivers and lakes
- (C) Rivers and seas
- (C) Condense into drops
Section B — Challenge / Olympiad (2 marks each)
- (A) Most of it (about three-quarters)
- (D) The warm vapour cools and condenses
- (C) Is recycled endlessly in the cycle
- (D) Much colder
- (D) Wind carries the vapour away quickly
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