Grade 2 Water World worksheet
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How to explain it
- The sun warms water, and it rises into the air.
- The water forms clouds of tiny drops, then falls as rain or snow.
- The water flows back to lakes and oceans, and the cycle starts again.
Example: What comes right after clouds form in the water cycle? Clouds hold tiny drops of water. When the drops get heavy, they fall. Answer: rain or snow falls
Question 1
Put the water cycle in order. Start with the sun warming the water.
- ☀️Sun warms water and it rises
- 🌧️Rain or snow falls
- ☁️Clouds form
- 🌊Water collects in rivers and oceans
Sun warms water and it rises → Clouds form → Rain or snow falls → Water collects in rivers and oceans
Hint: Warm water rises into the sky, makes clouds, falls as rain, and collects in rivers and oceans.
Question 2
Where does our drinking water often come from?
- 🏞️lakes, rivers and underground water
- ☁️clouds on the ground
- 🌙the moon
🏞️ lakes, rivers and underground water
Hint: Water from lakes, rivers or underground is cleaned before it comes out of our taps.
Question 3
Does it save water or waste water?
Sort into: 👍 saves water · 👎 wastes water
- 💦leave the hose running
- 🪥turn off the tap while brushing
- 🚿take a short shower
- 🚰let the tap drip
- 🪣collect rain for plants
- 🛁take a really full bath
👍 saves water: turn off the tap while brushing, take a short shower, collect rain for plants · 👎 wastes water: leave the hose running, let the tap drip, take a really full bath
Hint: Using only the water you need saves it. Leaving water running wastes it.
Question 4
What is a good way to share water with plants without wasting it?
- 🛁pour out a full bath on the grass
- 🪣water them with rain collected in a barrel
- 💦leave the hose on all night
🪣 water them with rain collected in a barrel
Hint: Collecting rain helps us use less tap water.
Question 5
Why should we keep litter out of streams and oceans?
- 🐠It can harm fish and other animals
- 😋It makes the water taste better
- 🗑️Fish love garbage
🐠 It can harm fish and other animals
Hint: Clean water keeps animals and plants healthy.
Question 6
A very big, deep body of salt water is an…
- 💧puddle
- 🌊ocean
- 🦆pond
🌊 ocean
Hint: Oceans cover most of our planet.
Question 7
Where in the cycle does water go back up into the sky?
- ☀️when the sun warms it
- 🕳️when it sinks in the ground
- ❄️when it snows
☀️ when the sun warms it
Hint: Warm water turns into vapour and rises into the air.
Question 8
A glacier is a big piece of…
- 🏖️warm sand
- 🌋hot lava
- 🧊ice that moves very slowly
🧊 ice that moves very slowly
Hint: Glaciers are huge rivers of ice found in cold, mountainous places.
Question 9
Where does most of Earth's water live?
🌍- 🛁in bathtubs
- 🌊in the oceans
- 💧in puddles
🌊 in the oceans
Hint: Oceans are huge! They hold almost all the water on Earth.
Question 10
Water falling from clouds as drops is called…
- ☀️sunshine
- 💨wind
- 🌧️rain
🌧️ rain
Hint: Clouds fill with tiny drops of water. When the drops get heavy, they fall as rain.
Answer key
- 1. Sun warms water and it rises → Clouds form → Rain or snow falls → Water collects in rivers and oceans
- 2. 🏞️ lakes, rivers and underground water
- 3. 👍 saves water: turn off the tap while brushing, take a short shower, collect rain for plants · 👎 wastes water: leave the hose running, let the tap drip, take a really full bath
- 4. 🪣 water them with rain collected in a barrel
- 5. 🐠 It can harm fish and other animals
- 6. 🌊 ocean
- 7. ☀️ when the sun warms it
- 8. 🧊 ice that moves very slowly
- 9. 🌊 in the oceans
- 10. 🌧️ rain
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