Grade 6 · Science · Lesson 28

Water Cycle and Watersheds

Every drop of water you have ever drunk has been on Earth for billions of years. The same water that filled a dinosaur\u2019s puddle might today be in your glass. That is because water never gets used up — it just keeps moving in a giant loop called the water cycle. The Sun powers it, plants help it along, and the land directs where it goes.

What this lesson teaches

1Describe each stage of the water cycle in your own words
2Order the water cycle stages from sun to groundwater
3Match water cycle terms with what they mean
4Explain what a watershed is and how a ridge divides one

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