Water Cycle Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 9: Water cycle in a bowl · Set 183 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.🔮 Predict: you put ice cubes on top of the cling film. What happens? (a) the water turns red (b) fewer drops form (c) the bowl freezes (d) more drops form
2. 2.🌧️ The drops falling back into the bowl are like which part of the real water cycle? (a) sunshine (b) lightning (c) rain (d) wind
3. 3.💧 Which of these is freezing? (a) wet clothes drying (b) water becoming ice (c) a puddle drying up (d) butter going runny
4. 4.🔮 Predict: wet clothes are hung out on a sunny, windy day. How do they dry? (a) they never dry (b) faster (c) slower (d) they turn to ice
5. 5.🧺 Do we need a magnet for the water cycle bowl? (a) needed (b) not needed
6. 6.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a small cup (b) sunlight (c) water (d) a mirror
7. 7.💧 Which of these is condensation? (a) butter going runny (b) water becoming ice (c) wet hair drying (d) a misty bathroom mirror
8. 8.💧 Which of these is evaporation? (a) sweat drying on skin (b) a misty bathroom mirror (c) drops under a pot lid (d) dew on morning grass
9. 9.True or false: dew on morning grass is condensation. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🛟 Why should only a grown-up handle any hot water? (a) it changes colour (b) hot water can scald (c) hot water is heavy (d) hot water is magnetic
11. 11.💧 Which change is this: water becoming ice? (a) condensation (b) evaporation (c) freezing (d) melting
12. 12.💧 In the covered bowl, where does the water vapour come from? (a) the air outside (b) the bowl itself (c) the cling film (d) water warmed by the Sun
13. 13.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a big bowl (b) a magnet (c) water (d) ice cubes
14. 14.🔮 Predict: a bowl of water is left uncovered in the hot sun all day. What happens? (a) some water evaporates (b) the water increases (c) it turns to salt (d) it turns to ice
15. 15.💧 Which of these is freezing? (a) drops on a cold glass (b) a misty bathroom mirror (c) dew on morning grass (d) a pond icing over
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dew on morning grass (b) drops under a pot lid (c) drops on a cold glass (d) a puddle drying up
17. 17.True or false: sweat drying on skin is melting. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.⚖️ 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
19. 19.🧺 Do we need ice cubes for the water cycle bowl? (a) needed (b) not needed
20. 20.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the water cycle bowl? (a) not needed (b) needed
21. 21.🧺 Which of these is needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) a big bowl (b) a mirror (c) a magnet (d) turmeric powder
22. 22.🧺 Which of these is needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) a magnet (b) a mirror (c) a balloon (d) cling film
23. 23.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) ice cubes (b) water (c) a battery cell (d) cling film
24. 24.🧺 Do we need a big bowl for the water cycle bowl? (a) needed (b) not needed
25. 25.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) sunlight (b) cling film (c) a balloon (d) a big bowl
26. 26.💧 Which of these is evaporation? (a) snow turning to water (b) a puddle drying up (c) ice becoming water (d) water becoming ice
27. 27.True or false: water becoming ice is freezing. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🧺 Which of these is needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) water (b) a magnet (c) a mirror (d) turmeric powder
29. 29.True or false: wet clothes drying is condensation. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.⚖️ 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) True (b) False
31. 31.⚖️ 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 change it (c) we keep it the same
32. 32.🛟 What should you do with wet floors after the experiment? (a) slide on them (b) pour more water (c) leave them wet (d) wipe them dry
33. 33.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) a battery cell (b) cling film (c) water (d) ice cubes
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a misty bathroom mirror (b) dew on morning grass (c) making ice lollies (d) drops on a cold glass
35. 35.📘 What is water vapour? (a) water as a gas (b) tiny ice cubes (c) salty water (d) a kind of smoke
36. 36.⚖️ 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 change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
37. 37.True or false: a battery cell is needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🧺 Which of these is needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) turmeric powder (b) a small cup (c) a magnet (d) a balloon
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) wet hair drying (b) wet clothes drying (c) a puddle drying up (d) snow turning to water
40. 40.🧺 Do we need cling film for the water cycle bowl? (a) needed (b) not needed

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