Water Cycle Experiment Worksheet
What you do (Up as vapour, down as drops): 1. Pour some water into the big bowl and stand the small cup in the middle. 2. Cover the bowl tightly with cling film. 3. Put a few ice cubes on top of the film, over the cup. 4. Leave it in the sun for an hour and look for drops in the cup.
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- 1.💧 Which change is this: wet clothes drying? (a) evaporation (b) freezing (c) melting (d) condensation
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) butter going runny (b) snow turning to water (c) water becoming ice (d) ice becoming water
- 3.💧 Which change is this: sweat drying on skin? (a) freezing (b) evaporation (c) condensation (d) melting
- 4.🧺 Which of these is needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) a battery cell (b) water (c) turmeric powder (d) a balloon
- 5.🛟 Why should only a grown-up handle any hot water? (a) hot water can scald (b) hot water is heavy (c) it changes colour (d) hot water is magnetic
- 6.🔮 Predict: a bowl of water is left uncovered in the hot sun all day. What happens? (a) the water increases (b) it turns to ice (c) some water evaporates (d) it turns to salt
- 7.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a mirror (b) water (c) a small cup (d) cling film
- 8.True or false: a mirror is needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) False (b) True
- 9.True or false: cling film is not needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) True (b) False
- 10.True or false: wet clothes drying is freezing. (a) True (b) False
- 11.⚖️ Fair test — does a bowl in the sun make more drops than a bowl in the shade? What do we do with “the cling film cover”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
- 12.🧺 Which of these is needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) a battery cell (b) a small cup (c) a magnet (d) yeast
- 13.💧 Which of these is condensation? (a) water becoming ice (b) butter going runny (c) sweat drying on skin (d) drops on a cold glass
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) wet clothes drying (b) wet hair drying (c) dew on morning grass (d) sweat drying on skin
- 15.⚖️ Fair test — does a bowl in the sun make more drops than a bowl in the shade? True or false: how many drops form is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
- 16.🔮 Predict: you put ice cubes on top of the cling film. What happens? (a) the bowl freezes (b) the water turns red (c) more drops form (d) fewer drops form
- 17.🧺 Do we need a big bowl for the water cycle bowl? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 18.💧 Which of these is condensation? (a) wet clothes drying (b) a pond icing over (c) wet hair drying (d) a misty bathroom mirror
- 19.🌧️ The drops falling back into the bowl are like which part of the real water cycle? (a) lightning (b) sunshine (c) rain (d) wind
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sweat drying on skin (b) making ice lollies (c) wet clothes drying (d) a puddle drying up
- 21.💧 Which of these is freezing? (a) sweat drying on skin (b) a misty bathroom mirror (c) making ice lollies (d) snow turning to water
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) wet clothes drying (b) sweat drying on skin (c) a puddle drying up (d) a misty bathroom mirror
- 23.⚖️ Fair test — does a bowl in the sun make more drops than a bowl in the shade? True or false: the size of the bowl is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 24.⚖️ Fair test — does a bowl in the sun make more drops than a bowl in the shade? What do we do with “how many drops form”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
- 25.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cling film (b) sunlight (c) a big bowl (d) a magnet
- 26.🧺 Do we need yeast for the water cycle bowl? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 27.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) cling film (b) a mirror (c) sunlight (d) water
- 28.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) ice cubes (b) sunlight (c) a big bowl (d) yeast
- 29.🧺 Do we need a mirror for the water cycle bowl? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 30.💧 Which change is this: wet hair drying? (a) condensation (b) melting (c) evaporation (d) freezing
- 31.⚖️ Fair test — does a bowl in the sun make more drops than a bowl in the shade? True or false: the cling film cover is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 32.⚖️ Fair test — does a bowl in the sun make more drops than a bowl in the shade? What do we do with “the size of the bowl”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
- 33.💧 Which change is this: water becoming ice? (a) condensation (b) melting (c) evaporation (d) freezing
- 34.🧺 Which of these is needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) turmeric powder (b) sunlight (c) a magnet (d) yeast
- 35.🧺 Do we need cling film for the water cycle bowl? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 36.🔮 Predict: wet clothes are hung out on a sunny, windy day. How do they dry? (a) they turn to ice (b) faster (c) slower (d) they never dry
- 37.True or false: sunlight is needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) False (b) True
- 38.💧 Which change is this: snow turning to water? (a) melting (b) evaporation (c) freezing (d) condensation
- 39.⚖️ Fair test — does a bowl in the sun make more drops than a bowl in the shade? What do we do with “the time we wait”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
- 40.📘 What is water vapour? (a) salty water (b) tiny ice cubes (c) water as a gas (d) a kind of smoke
Answer key
- evaporation
- water becoming ice
- evaporation
- water
- hot water can scald
- some water evaporates
- a mirror
- False
- False
- False
- we keep it the same
- a small cup
- drops on a cold glass
- dew on morning grass
- True
- more drops form
- needed
- a misty bathroom mirror
- rain
- making ice lollies
- making ice lollies
- a misty bathroom mirror
- True
- we measure it
- a magnet
- not needed
- a mirror
- yeast
- not needed
- evaporation
- True
- we keep it the same
- freezing
- sunlight
- needed
- faster
- True
- melting
- we keep it the same
- water as a gas
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