TumbleTA · K–2

Trace Water

How does water move between the ground, bodies of water and the air?

Draft organizer · use with teacher-selected, checked passages.

Name: ______________________________   Date: ______________

Draw, tell or write your response. Ask someone to write your words if that helps.

Scroll sideways in the diagram to read each label.

Examples of water movement, with separate rain and snow branches. Not all routes are shown.Lake or other body of waterWater vapor in air (gas)Cloud droplets (liquid)Rain reaches the groundSnow reaches the groundWater goes into airDroplets formRain fallsSnow fallsExamples of routes; not every route is shown.

These are examples of routes. We have not drawn every place water can go.

Body of water / water vapor in air / cloud droplets / ground

Label every arrow with the movement

Evidence — which source supports each arrow?

Before you finish

Explain three labelled water movements using the source.