This challenge sheet pushes second graders to think about how water moves through the world. Four multiple-choice questions ask them to identify the first step of the water cycle, explain condensation, name where most water evaporates from, and recognize the sun as the cycle's energy source.
Five fill-in-the-blanks follow, covering liquid changing into gas, droplets grouping into clouds, runoff flowing into oceans, the cycle repeating, and plants releasing vapor through their leaves. Working through these items teaches kids to picture the same water travelling from puddle to cloud to rain again, building real science thinking.
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Weather and Seasons
Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. What is the first step of the water cycle?
A) Precipitation
B) Condensation
C) Evaporation
D) Collection
2. What happens during condensation?
A) Water falls from the sky as rain.
B) Water vapor cools and forms tiny droplets.
C) The sun heats up a lake.
D) Snow melts into a river.
3. Where does most of the water on Earth evaporate from?
A) Rivers
B) Ponds
C) Oceans
D) Puddles
4. What provides the energy that keeps the water cycle going?
A) The moon
B) The wind
C) The sun
D) The clouds
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1. When water evaporates it changes from a liquid into a gas.
2. Tiny water droplets in the sky group together to form clouds.
3. After rain falls on land it flows into streams, rivers, and oceans.
4. The water cycle repeats over and over, so it is called a cycle.
5. Plants release water vapor into the air through their leaves.
Weather and Seasons
★ Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. What is the first step of the water cycle?
A) Precipitation
B) Condensation
C) Evaporation
D) Collection
2. What happens during condensation?
A) Water falls from the sky as rain.
B) Water vapor cools and forms tiny droplets.
C) The sun heats up a lake.
D) Snow melts into a river.
3. Where does most of the water on Earth evaporate from?
A) Rivers
B) Ponds
C) Oceans
D) Puddles
4. What provides the energy that keeps the water cycle going?
A) The moon
B) The wind
C) The sun
D) The clouds
★ Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1) When water evaporates it changes from a liquid into a gas.
2) Tiny water droplets in the sky group together to form clouds.
3) After rain falls on land it flows into streams, rivers, and oceans.
4) The water cycle repeats over and over, so it is called a cycle.
5) Plants release water vapor into the air through their leaves.
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