Grade 4 · Science · Reading Comprehension
The Water Cycle: Reading Comprehension
Read the passage carefully. Then answer each question. Use complete sentences for short answers.
Reading
Water moves through Earth in a repeating cycle. Heat from the sun changes liquid water into water vapor. The vapor rises, cools, and forms clouds. When water droplets in clouds become heavy, they fall as rain or snow. Water then gathers in rivers, lakes, oceans, and the ground before the cycle begins again.
- 1.
What causes liquid water to change into water vapor?
- Heat from the sun
- Cold clouds
- Heavy snow
- River currents
- 2.
Water vapor cools and forms ________.
- 3.
Explain why the water cycle is called a cycle.
- 4.
When do water droplets fall from clouds?
- When they become heavy
- When the sun rises
- When rivers are full
- When the ground is dry
- 5.
Water gathers in rivers, lakes, oceans, and the ________.