This medium worksheet pushes first graders to apply water cycle ideas to everyday weather. Nine fill-in-the-blank sentences cover condensation forming drops, puddles drying through evaporation, snow and rain as precipitation, water flowing into streams and rivers, and water soaking into soil. Children also explain why warm air speeds evaporation and what gray clouds often mean. A four-pair matching activity then ties cause-and-effect prompts — sun heats water, vapor rises high, cloud gets heavy, rain hits ground — to events from evaporation starting to collection happening.
Reach for this sheet when first graders can link the cycle to weather signs they spot outside.
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Water Cycle
Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. Water vapor cooling down and forming drops is called condensation.
2. Puddles dry up because of evaporation.
3. Snow and rain are both types of precipitation.
4. After rain falls it flows into streams and rivers.
5. The water cycle has no beginning and no end.
6. Warm air makes water evaporate faster.
7. Gray clouds often mean rain is coming.
8. Water on the ground can soak into the soil.
9. The water cycle keeps water moving on Earth.
Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1. Match each item to its correct answer.
sun heats water
→ evaporation starts
evaporation starts
vapor rises high
→ clouds form
clouds form
cloud gets heavy
→ precipitation falls
precipitation falls
rain hits ground
→ collection happens
collection happens
Water Cycle
★ Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1) Water vapor cooling down and forming drops is called condensation.
2) Puddles dry up because of evaporation.
3) Snow and rain are both types of precipitation.
4) After rain falls it flows into streams and rivers.
5) The water cycle has no beginning and no end.
6) Warm air makes water evaporate faster.
7) Gray clouds often mean rain is coming.
8) Water on the ground can soak into the soil.
9) The water cycle keeps water moving on Earth.
★ Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1) Match each item to its correct answer.
sun heats water
→ evaporation starts
evaporation starts
vapor rises high
→ clouds form
clouds form
cloud gets heavy
→ precipitation falls
precipitation falls
rain hits ground
→ collection happens
collection happens
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