Evaporation and Condensation Cloze

Year 4 ScienceStates of Matter3 pages

About this worksheet

In this Year 4 cloze, pupils fill twelve gaps on evaporation and condensation, using each word in the bank once. The text moves from a playground puddle drying up to water boiling at 100°C, and on to water vapour cooling into droplets that form clouds. Two written questions follow: why washing dries faster on a hot afternoon, and where pupils have seen condensation at home. The sheet runs to three pages, and the answer key lists all twelve words with model answers. It is matched to the England National Curriculum objectives for Year 4 states of matter.

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Curriculum objectives covered

States of matter

“Identify the part played by evaporation and condensation in the water cycle and associate the rate of evaporation with temperature.”

Gaps 5 to 7 link the rate of evaporation to temperature, gaps 8 to 12 cover clouds forming, and question 13 applies the idea to washing.

States of matter

“Observe that some materials change state when they are heated or cooled, and measure or research the temperature at which this happens in degrees Celsius (°C)”

Partial. The text gives 100°C as the boiling point of water, but pupils do not measure any temperatures on this sheet.

What's inside this worksheet

States of Matter: Evaporation and Condensation

A word bank of twelve, from clouds to droplets, and a four-paragraph passage with numbered gaps. A picture shows a puddle under a warm sun, with vapour rising to form clouds.

Understanding State Changes

Question 13 compares drying wet clothes on a hot afternoon and a cold morning. Question 14 asks pupils to describe condensation they have seen at home.

How teachers use it

Puddle chalk

Draw round a playground puddle in chalk in the morning and check it at lunchtime, then read paragraph 1.

Cold can

Take a can from the fridge and watch beads of water form on it before pupils answer question 14.

Two cloths

Hang one wet cloth on a sunny windowsill and one in a cool corner to test the idea in question 13.

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