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Identify runoff and collection
Free printable Grade 5 science worksheet for "Identify runoff and collection" — practice water cycle. No-prep, print or assign online.
Fifth graders explore how water that runs across land surfaces collects in streams, rivers, and reservoirs in this Earth and Space Science worksheet on the water cycle. Teachers can use it to help students connect surface runoff to watershed geography and to understand how human activities can affect water collection systems. It fits within a Water Cycle unit and extends student understanding beyond precipitation and evaporation to the movement and storage of water on Earth's surface.
Learning objectives
- Identify how runoff moves across land surfaces and collects in bodies of water
- Explain what factors affect the rate and path of surface water runoff
- Connect runoff and collection to the broader water cycle and watershed systems
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