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Water ___________ as
________ ________ when
the _____ _______ the
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cools and turns into
________ water or
_________ water and
forms _______ or ______.

Water Cycle
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Depending on __________,
water ________ due to
_________ as ________,
________, or _________.

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Water is stored in:

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Name: _____________________

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Its Raining Inside!
Predictions:
1. The hot plate represents: ___________________________________________________
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2. The water being heated represents: __________________________________________
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3. The pan with ice represents: ________________________________________________
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As we get started:
4. Describe what you observe as the water begins to boil in the kettle: ________________
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5. What does the tea kettle do to let us know the water is ready? ____________________
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Its Raining!
6. What happens to the steam when it is released from the kettle? Where does it go and
collect? _________________________________________________________________
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7. The pan with the ice on top is the same as this in the water cycle: __________________
8. The water falls from the top pan to the bottom pan due to what? __________________

9. The precipitation falls from the top pan to the lower pan. The lower pan is similar to
what in the water cycle? ___________________________________________________

10. Describe how this demonstration is like the water cycle: __________________________
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11. In the box below, draw a picture of the demonstration. Label the following: Hot Plate,
Tea Kettle, Steam, Pan with Ice, Empty Pan, and Precipitation. Then, add the labels to
each item of what they represent in the water cycle. Use: Sun, Evaporation,
Condensation, Precipitation, and Storage.

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Made of ice crystals

High in the atmosphere
Called Mares Tails
Cirrus clouds are fair weather clouds

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Can be water droplets or ice

Upper Middle of the sky
Cumulus is Latin for pile
Cumulus clouds are fair weather clouds

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These clouds contain rain and hail

Giant clouds
Their base is very low, and their top is very high

-nimbus means rain

These clouds produce thunderstorms

Low in the sky

Flat clouds, that look like blankets
These are the type of clouds we have on a
cloudy day
Stratus clouds bring rain or snow

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Name: ______________________________

Score: _____ out of 26

Extra Credit: ___ out of ____ (number attempted)
Final Score: ___ out of ____
Percent: _______ Letter Grade: _________

Water Cycle and Clouds Test

1. The weather forecast says a heavy snowstorm is coming this afternoon. Which observation
would you see just before it snows? (1 point)
a. Clear skies
b. Tall, Thick, grey clouds
c. Small white clouds
d. Warm temperatures
2. Use the map below to answer question two:

Chillicothe

Clear
Thunderstorm
Partly Cloudy
Rain
Cloudy
What type of clouds would you expect to see in the sky above Chillicothe? (1 point)
a. Low, light-gray, flat-layered Stratus clouds
b. White, puffy Cumulus clouds
c. Dark-gray, tall Cumulonimbus clouds
d. High, feathery Cirrus clouds
3. In the water cycle, water changing from a gas to a liquid is a ________ change, and is
called _____________. (1 point)
a. Physical, Evaporation
b. Chemical, Evaporation
c. Physical, Condensation
d. Chemical, Condensation

4. When water evaporates in the water cycle, (1 point)

a. It becomes a gas moving through the air
b. It becomes a solid falling from the sky
c. It is no longer matter
d. It becomes a liquid, and stays on the surface
5. Which is the correct order of clouds from highest in the sky to lowest in the sky? (1
point)
a. CumulusCirrusStratusCumulonimbus
b. CirrusCumulusCumulonimbusStratus
c. StratusCumulonimbusCumulusCirrus
d. CirrusCumulusStratusCumulonimbus
6. As a cloud is forming the water vapor is condensing to form a liquid. What state ist he
water in just BEFORE it condenses? (1 point)
a. In a gas
b. Liquid
c. Frozen
d. It can be any choice, depending on temperature
7. In the water cycle demonstration, there was a pan with ice in it. There was water that
condensed on the bottom of this pan. This water then fell into the lower pan. What
was the water that fell? (1 point)
a. Condensation
b. Precipitation
c. Evaporation
d. Runoff
8. Clouds form (1 point)
a. Over bodies of water
b. Over land
c. Over both land and bodies of water
9. In the box below, draw and label how a cloud forms (2 points)

10. Which of the following clouds would fit this description?: A tall, grey cloud that may
signal an approaching storm. (1 point)
a. Stratus
b. Cumulonimbus
c. Cumulus
d. Cirrus
11. In the cloud in a jar demonstration, the jar was heated. Then there was ice placed on
the top of the jar. Within the jar, there was warm air and cool air. The air moved in a
certain way. How did it move? (1 point)
a. The hot air rose, and the cool air fell
b. The cool air rose, and the hot air fell
c. The hot air rose, and the cool air rose
d. The hot air fell, and the cool air fell
12. Which cloud is made of ice crystals? (1 point)
a. Stratus
b. Cumulonimbus
c. Cumulus
d. Cirrus
13. Which cloud looks like layers of flat, wide, gray blankets? (1 point)
a. Stratus
b. Cumulonimbus
c. Cumulus
d. Cirrus
14. Which cloud may look like puff balls with a flat bottom? (1 point)
a. Stratus
b. Cumulonimbus
c. Cumulus
d. Cirrus
15. The total amount of water on the planet is called the: (1 point)
a. Troposphere
b. Terrasphere
c. Hydrosphere
d. Watersphere
16. True or False: The water cycle never ends. (1 point)
a. True
b. False
17. True or False: The water we currently have on Earth is the same amount of water that
has always been on Earth (1 point)
a. True
b. False

18. Choose the answer below that correctly matches each cloud name with its picture. (1
point)

a. A: Cumulus, B: Stratus, C: Cumulonimbus, D: Cirrus

b. A: Cumulus, B: Stratus, C: Cirrus, D: Cumulonimbus
c. A: Cumulus, B: Cumulonimbus, C: Cirrus, D: Stratus
d. A: Cumulus, B: Cirrus, C: Stratus, D: Cumulonimbus
19. In the water cycle, water vapor condenses to form clouds. Once in the clouds, what
force causes precipitation to fall to the earth? (1 point)
a. Condensation
b. Evaporation
c. Runoff
d. Gravity
20. What is the driving force behind the water cycle? (1 point)
a. Evaporation
b. The Sun
c. Precipitation
d. Water
21. The sun warms the surface of bodies of water. The water that is warmed evaporates
and goes into the air. Once in the air, what happens to the water vapor? (1 point)
a. It will first condense to form a cloud
b. It falls as precipitation
c. It stays in the atmosphere for ever
d. It continues to evaporate into outer space

22. Describe each step of the water cycle, and how clouds are formed in the process. Use
the words from the word bank below in your answer (4 points)
Storage
Evaporation
Condensation

Precipitation
Sun
Clouds

Water Vapor
Runoff
Heating

Cooling
Gravity
Lake

1. ____________________________________________________________________
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2. _____________________________________________________________________
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3. _____________________________________________________________________
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4. _____________________________________________________________________
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Extra Credit:
1. What was the name for the process where plants give off water vapor? (1 point)
a. Transportation
c. Transpiration
b. Condensation
d. Hydrosphere
2. What do we call the place where condensation begins? (1 points) (HINT: Your answer will be
two words)
________________________ ________________________

Name: ______________________________

Air Pressure
HIGH PRESSURE

COLD AIR

LOW PRESSURE

WARM AIR

Cool air is made of slow-moving molecules. These molecules are close together. Cool
air is drier than warm air. There is less space in between cool-air molecules for water or
moisture. Cold air is heavier than warm air.
Warm air is made of fast-moving molecules. These molecules are farther apart. There is
more space between warm-air molecules for moisture. So war air is moister than cold air.
Warm air is also lighter than cold air.

Air Pressure Study Chart

Cool Air
Molecules Movement
Space of Molecules
Moisture
Density
Pressure
Draw Molecules

Warm Air