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Sea to Cloud to River is a free printable Grade 5 science worksheet on modeling how the ocean, the air and the land move water between them, aligned to NGSS performance expectation 5-ESS2-1. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Sea to Cloud to River

5-ESS2-1

NameDate

Number the steps from 1 to 4.

1.Put the puddle's journey in order.
  • Rain falls and makes a puddle
  • The water evaporates into the air
  • The vapor cools and becomes part of a cloud
  • The sun warms the puddle
2.Put the washing line's water in order.
  • The vapor spreads up through the air
  • Wet washing is hung out in the sun and wind
  • It cools high up and condenses into cloud droplets
  • Water evaporates from the cloth

LessonPrint · 5-ESS2-1 · Set 13 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Sea to Cloud to River

Set 13. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Correct order: 1, 4, 2, 3
  2. 2.Correct order: 2, 4, 1, 3

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 5-ESS2-1 of the Next Generation Science Standards.