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Free 3rd Grade Evaporation: What Makes Water Dry Faster? Worksheet

Students learn that evaporation is liquid water turning into water vapor, explore how warmth, wind and spreading water out make things dry faster, apply the idea to drying clothes and puddles, and interpret results from a drying investigation.

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Grade
3rd Grade
Subject
Science
Topic
States of Matter & Materials
Difficulty
Level 2 · Standard
Estimated time
30 minutes
Curriculum
Texas grade levels (TEKS)
Questions
17
Answers
Included, with working
Format
PDF (A4), print or complete online

Students will practice

  • explaining evaporation
  • identifying factors that speed up evaporation
  • applying ideas to everyday situations
  • interpreting investigation results
  • identifying variables in a fair test

Curriculum: Texas grade levels (TEKS). We show specific outcome codes only where they have been verified against the official curriculum document.

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How to use this worksheet

  1. Print the PDF or complete it on screen. Write the student's name and date at the top.
  2. Read the instructions for each part together before starting. Encourage working to be shown.
  3. Mark with the answer sheet. Use the model answers and success criteria as a guide rather than a single right answer.
  4. Record the score, celebrate what went well, then follow the "What's next" suggestion.

Common questions

Who is this worksheet for?

3rd Grade students (typically ages 8–9) working on states of matter & materials. It is pitched at level 2 · standard; an easier version is linked above.

Are the answers included?

Yes. The PDF includes a full answer sheet with model answers and success criteria where there is more than one good answer. You can also view the answers online.

How long does it take?

About 30 minutes for 17 questions. Short, regular sessions work best: two or three a week beats one long one.

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Success TutoringWorksheets3rd Grade · Science · States of Matter & Materials

Evaporation: What Makes Water Dry Faster?

Name

Date

Score /

Use the words evaporate, water vapor, warmth, wind and surface area.

Part A: Where does the water go?

Read the passage. Then circle the best answer.

When liquid water turns into a gas, we call it evaporation. The gas is called water vapor. It is invisible and mixes into the air.

Evaporation happens all the time, even when water is not boiling. That is why puddles dry up and wet clothes dry when they are hung up.

Three things make water evaporate faster: warmth (heat from the Sun or a heater), wind (moving air carries the water vapor away) and a bigger surface area (spreading the water out so more of it touches the air).

Water evaporates more slowly when it is cool, the air is still, or the water is deep and in a narrow container.

1.What is evaporation?
  1. Aa gas turning into a liquid
  2. Ba liquid turning into a gas
  3. Ca liquid turning into a solid
  4. Da solid turning into a liquid
2.Where does water go when wet clothes dry?
  1. Adeeper into the cloth
  2. Binto the air as water vapor
  3. Cinto the ground only
  4. Dit disappears forever
3.Which puddle will dry fastest?
  1. Aa deep puddle in the shade on a cool, still day
  2. Ba shallow puddle in the sun on a warm, windy day
  3. Ca deep puddle in the sun on a still day
  4. Da shallow puddle in the shade on a cool day
4.Why does a wet towel dry faster when it is spread out than when it is folded?
  1. AMore of the water is open to the air.
  2. BIt gets heavier.
  3. CFolding adds water.
  4. DSpreading makes it colder.
5.Which of these is not evaporation?
  1. Aa puddle drying up
  2. Ba wet floor drying
  3. Cice cream melting in the sun
  4. Dwater in a pot boiling away

Part B: Faster or slower?

6.Match each situation to the reason it dries faster.
  • a shirt drying on a windy day
  • a wet path in the sunshine
  • water spilled over a wide tray
  • warmth
  • bigger surface area
  • moving air
7.The invisible gas that water turns into is called water (answer space).
8.Moving air, or (answer space), helps wet things dry faster.
9.Why do people hang wet clothes up to dry instead of leaving them in a pile? (answer space)

Part C: True or false?

Write True or False.

10.Water must boil before it can evaporate. ☐ True   ☐ False
11.Water evaporates faster on a hot day than on a cold day. ☐ True   ☐ False
12.A puddle that dries up has soaked away completely into the ground. ☐ True   ☐ False
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