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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.
Water can be found as a solid (ice), a liquid (water) and a…
- A.Gas (water vapour)
- B.Rock
- C.Metal
- D.Plastic
2.
The correct order is: evaporation, condensation, then…
- A.Nothing
- B.Precipitation
- C.Cooking
- D.Reading
3.
A cloud forms when rising vapour…
- A.Heats up more
- B.Cools and condenses into drops
- C.Turns to sand
- D.Disappears
4.
Rain, snow and hail are all types of…
- A.Light
- B.Evaporation
- C.Wind
- D.Precipitation
5.
Rain that falls soaks into the soil and fills our…
- A.Cupboards
- B.Rivers and wells
- C.Books
- D.Shoes
6.
The water cycle gives us fresh ___ again and again.
- A.Rain water
- B.Salt
- C.Rock
- D.Sand
7.
What heats the sea water so it evaporates?
- A.The wind only
- B.The Moon
- C.The Sun
- D.A lamp
8.
What gives the energy that drives the whole water cycle?
- A.Rocks
- B.The Moon
- C.The wind only
- D.The Sun
9.
Sea water is not good for drinking because it is too…
- A.Clean
- B.Sweet
- C.Cold
- D.Salty
10.
When water is heated and turns into vapour, it is called…
- A.Freezing
- B.Evaporation
- C.Raining
- D.Snowing
11.
Rain falls because the drops become too ___ for the cloud to hold.
- A.Heavy
- B.Light
- C.Hot
- D.Dry
12.
High up in the sky the air is…
- A.Made of metal
- B.Very hot
- C.Dry rock
- D.Cold
13.
Water vapour rises…
- A.Nowhere
- B.Down into the ground
- C.Into rocks
- D.Up into the air
14.
Water is needed by…
- A.Only plants
- B.Only fish
- C.All living things
- D.No one
15.
Clouds are made of tiny…
- A.Smoke
- B.Cotton
- C.Water drops
- D.Sand
Section B — Challenge / Olympiad (2 marks each)
5 × 2 = 10 marks
16.
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
17.
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
18.
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
19.
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
20.
Fog is really a cloud that has formed close to the…
- A.Sun
- B.Ground
- C.Moon
- D.Sea bed
Answer Key
Section A — Multiple Choice (1 mark each)
- (A) Gas (water vapour)
- (B) Precipitation
- (B) Cools and condenses into drops
- (D) Precipitation
- (B) Rivers and wells
- (A) Rain water
- (C) The Sun
- (D) The Sun
- (D) Salty
- (B) Evaporation
- (A) Heavy
- (D) Cold
- (D) Up into the air
- (C) All living things
- (C) Water drops
Section B — Challenge / Olympiad (2 marks each)
- (D) Much colder
- (A) Most of it (about three-quarters)
- (D) Wind carries the vapour away quickly
- (C) Is recycled endlessly in the cycle
- (B) Ground
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