Building on the first sheet, this Grade 5 easy worksheet adds runoff, infiltration, and an introduction to Earth's four spheres of land, life, water, and air. Students fix three statements, complete four fill-in sentences about water pathways, and write short answers connecting evaporation to rising warm air. Activities reinforce vocabulary like hydrosphere and atmosphere while keeping the science observation-friendly and accessible for fifth grade learners across the classroom.
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Earth's Systems: Water and Weather
Part A: Fix the Sentence
Each sentence has an error. Rewrite it correctly on the line.
1. Fix the sentence:
Runoff is water that soaks deep into underground rock layers.
Rewrite: Runoff is water that flows over the land's surface into streams and rivers.
2. Fix the sentence:
The hydrosphere includes all of Earth's rocks and mountains.
Rewrite: The hydrosphere includes all of Earth's water in oceans, lakes, rivers, and ice.
3. Fix the sentence:
Climate can change overnight when a storm passes through.
Rewrite: Weather can change overnight when a storm passes through.
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. Water that soaks into the soil and reaches groundwater is called infiltration.
2. Water flowing across the land into rivers and lakes is called runoff.
3. All living things on Earth, including plants and animals, make up the biosphere.
4. The layer of gases surrounding Earth is called the atmosphere.
Part C: Short Answer
Answer each question in one or two complete sentences.
1. Why does water vapor rise into the sky during evaporation?
Heat from the Sun gives water molecules energy, making the warm vapor less dense than the surrounding cooler air, so it rises.
2. Give one example of weather and one example of climate.
A thunderstorm this afternoon is weather, while Arizona being hot and dry most of the year is climate.
Earth's Systems: Water and Weather
★ Part A: Fix the Sentence
Each sentence has an error. Rewrite it correctly on the line.
1) Fix the sentence:
Runoff is water that soaks deep into underground rock layers.
Rewrite: Runoff is water that flows over the land's surface into streams and rivers.
2) Fix the sentence:
The hydrosphere includes all of Earth's rocks and mountains.
Rewrite: The hydrosphere includes all of Earth's water in oceans, lakes, rivers, and ice.
3) Fix the sentence:
Climate can change overnight when a storm passes through.
Rewrite: Weather can change overnight when a storm passes through.
★ Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1) Water that soaks into the soil and reaches groundwater is called infiltration.
2) Water flowing across the land into rivers and lakes is called runoff.
3) All living things on Earth, including plants and animals, make up the biosphere.
4) The layer of gases surrounding Earth is called the atmosphere.
★ Part C: Short Answer
Answer each question in one or two complete sentences.
1) Why does water vapor rise into the sky during evaporation?
Heat from the Sun gives water molecules energy, making the warm vapor less dense than the surrounding cooler air, so it rises.
2) Give one example of weather and one example of climate.
A thunderstorm this afternoon is weather, while Arizona being hot and dry most of the year is climate.
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