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 of these is needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) sunlight (b) yeast (c) a mirror (d) a magnet
- 2.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for the water cycle bowl? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 3.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a mirror (b) ice cubes (c) cling film (d) a small cup
- 4.💧 Which of these is freezing? (a) dew on morning grass (b) water becoming ice (c) wet hair drying (d) a puddle drying up
- 5.⚖️ 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 kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 6.💧 Which of these is melting? (a) a pond icing over (b) dew on morning grass (c) making ice lollies (d) butter going runny
- 7.🔮 Predict: you put ice cubes on top of the cling film. What happens? (a) the water turns red (b) more drops form (c) fewer drops form (d) the bowl freezes
- 8.🧺 Do we need ice cubes for the water cycle bowl? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 9.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a big bowl (b) ice cubes (c) turmeric powder (d) sunlight
- 10.📘 What is water vapour? (a) water as a gas (b) a kind of smoke (c) tiny ice cubes (d) salty water
- 11.💧 Which change is this: sweat drying on skin? (a) melting (b) condensation (c) evaporation (d) freezing
- 12.True or false: a mirror is needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) water (b) ice cubes (c) a mirror (d) cling film
- 14.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a small cup (b) ice cubes (c) water (d) a balloon
- 15.🧺 Do we need cling film for the water cycle bowl? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 16.⚖️ Fair test — does a bowl in the sun make more drops than a bowl in the shade? True or false: the time we wait is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 17.⚖️ 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) False (b) True
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ice becoming water (b) butter going runny (c) a puddle drying up (d) snow turning to water
- 19.💧 In the covered bowl, where does the water vapour come from? (a) the air outside (b) the bowl itself (c) water warmed by the Sun (d) the cling film
- 20.💧 Which change is this: snow turning to water? (a) evaporation (b) condensation (c) melting (d) freezing
- 21.⚖️ Fair test — does a bowl in the sun make more drops than a bowl in the shade? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the size of the bowl (b) the amount of water (c) sun or shade (d) how many drops form
- 22.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for the water cycle bowl? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 23.True or false: water is not needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) False (b) True
- 24.True or false: sunlight is needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) True (b) False
- 25.⚖️ 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) the time we wait (c) sun or shade
- 26.True or false: a big bowl is not needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) water (b) a balloon (c) ice cubes (d) sunlight
- 28.💧 Which change is this: butter going runny? (a) freezing (b) melting (c) evaporation (d) condensation
- 29.True or false: drops under a pot lid is condensation. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the water cycle bowl? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 31.True or false: butter going runny is melting. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🧺 Which of these is needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) yeast (b) a balloon (c) a magnet (d) cling film
- 33.True or false: a battery cell is not needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) False (b) True
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drops on a cold glass (b) drops under a pot lid (c) ice becoming water (d) a misty bathroom mirror
- 35.⚖️ Fair test — does a bowl in the sun make more drops than a bowl in the shade? Which of these is what we measure? (a) how many drops form (b) the amount of water (c) the cling film cover (d) sun or shade
- 36.⚖️ Fair test — does a bowl in the sun make more drops than a bowl in the shade? True or false: sun or shade is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 37.⚖️ Fair test — does a bowl in the sun make more drops than a bowl in the shade? True or false: the time we wait is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🌧️ The drops falling back into the bowl are like which part of the real water cycle? (a) wind (b) sunshine (c) lightning (d) rain
- 39.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) ice cubes (b) a battery cell (c) sunlight (d) water
- 40.💧 Which of these is condensation? (a) wet clothes drying (b) ice becoming water (c) a misty bathroom mirror (d) water becoming ice
Answer key
- sunlight
- not needed
- a mirror
- water becoming ice
- True
- butter going runny
- more drops form
- needed
- turmeric powder
- water as a gas
- evaporation
- False
- a mirror
- a balloon
- needed
- True
- True
- a puddle drying up
- water warmed by the Sun
- melting
- sun or shade
- not needed
- False
- True
- the time we wait
- False
- a balloon
- melting
- True
- not needed
- True
- cling film
- True
- ice becoming water
- how many drops form
- True
- False
- rain
- a battery cell
- a misty bathroom mirror
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