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.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a big bowl (b) yeast (c) sunlight (d) cling film
- 2.True or false: a mirror is needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) True (b) False
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pond icing over (b) water becoming ice (c) making ice lollies (d) butter going runny
- 4.🛟 What should you do with wet floors after the experiment? (a) pour more water (b) slide on them (c) leave them wet (d) wipe them dry
- 5.True or false: water is not needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) False (b) True
- 6.💧 Which change is this: making ice lollies? (a) condensation (b) freezing (c) evaporation (d) melting
- 7.🔮 Predict: wet clothes are hung out on a sunny, windy day. How do they dry? (a) slower (b) they never dry (c) faster (d) they turn to ice
- 8.🔮 Predict: you put ice cubes on top of the cling film. What happens? (a) fewer drops form (b) the water turns red (c) more drops form (d) the bowl freezes
- 9.🔮 Predict: a bowl of water is left uncovered in the hot sun all day. What happens? (a) it turns to ice (b) some water evaporates (c) the water increases (d) it turns to salt
- 10.True or false: sunlight is not needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) True (b) False
- 11.⚖️ Fair test — does a bowl in the sun make more drops than a bowl in the shade? True or false: the amount of water is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a magnet (b) a small cup (c) a big bowl (d) water
- 13.True or false: sunlight is needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🧺 Do we need yeast for the water cycle bowl? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 15.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a small cup (b) sunlight (c) cling film (d) a mirror
- 16.⚖️ Fair test — does a bowl in the sun make more drops than a bowl in the shade? Which of these is kept the same? (a) how many drops form (b) sun or shade (c) the size of the bowl
- 17.⚖️ Fair test — does a bowl in the sun make more drops than a bowl in the shade? What do we do with “sun or shade”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
- 18.True or false: a small cup is needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🛟 Why should only a grown-up handle any hot water? (a) it changes colour (b) hot water is heavy (c) hot water is magnetic (d) hot water can scald
- 20.True or false: a big bowl is needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) cling film (b) sunlight (c) a small cup (d) a balloon
- 22.🧺 Do we need a small cup for the water cycle bowl? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 23.💧 Which of these is freezing? (a) dew on morning grass (b) a misty bathroom mirror (c) snow turning to water (d) a pond icing over
- 24.💧 Which of these is condensation? (a) butter going runny (b) dew on morning grass (c) wet clothes drying (d) sweat drying on skin
- 25.True or false: water becoming ice is evaporation. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cling film (b) a battery cell (c) a small cup (d) a big bowl
- 27.True or false: sweat drying on skin is freezing. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for the water cycle bowl? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 29.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) sunlight (b) water (c) a balloon (d) a small cup
- 30.💧 Which of these is melting? (a) water becoming ice (b) making ice lollies (c) butter going runny (d) dew on morning grass
- 31.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) sunlight (b) water (c) a mirror (d) a small cup
- 32.⚖️ Fair test — does a bowl in the sun make more drops than a bowl in the shade? True or false: the amount of water is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
- 33.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
- 34.🧺 Do we need cling film for the water cycle bowl? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 35.🧺 Do we need a magnet for the water cycle bowl? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 36.💧 Which change is this: drops on a cold glass? (a) freezing (b) evaporation (c) melting (d) condensation
- 37.⚖️ 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 change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
- 38.💧 Which of these is freezing? (a) water becoming ice (b) butter going runny (c) a misty bathroom mirror (d) wet hair drying
- 39.⚖️ 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 change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
- 40.💧 Which change is this: a puddle drying up? (a) condensation (b) freezing (c) melting (d) evaporation
Answer key
- yeast
- False
- butter going runny
- wipe them dry
- False
- freezing
- faster
- more drops form
- some water evaporates
- False
- False
- a magnet
- True
- not needed
- a mirror
- the size of the bowl
- we change it
- True
- hot water can scald
- True
- a balloon
- needed
- a pond icing over
- dew on morning grass
- False
- a battery cell
- False
- not needed
- a balloon
- butter going runny
- a mirror
- False
- we keep it the same
- needed
- not needed
- condensation
- we measure it
- water becoming ice
- we keep it the same
- evaporation
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