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) a balloon (b) turmeric powder (c) a magnet (d) ice cubes
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sweat drying on skin (b) butter going runny (c) wet hair drying (d) a puddle drying up
- 3.⚖️ 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) sun or shade (b) how many drops form (c) the amount of water
- 4.🛟 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
- 5.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for the water cycle bowl? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 6.True or false: ice cubes is not needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) False (b) True
- 7.⚖️ 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 cling film cover (c) sun or shade
- 8.True or false: sunlight is needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) butter going runny (b) ice becoming water (c) snow turning to water (d) drops on a cold glass
- 10.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) turmeric powder (b) cling film (c) water (d) ice cubes
- 11.🛟 Why should only a grown-up handle any hot water? (a) hot water can scald (b) it changes colour (c) hot water is magnetic (d) hot water is heavy
- 12.⚖️ 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) True (b) False
- 13.⚖️ 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) how many drops form (b) the cling film cover (c) sun or shade (d) the time we wait
- 14.⚖️ Fair test — does a bowl in the sun make more drops than a bowl in the shade? True or false: sun or shade is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 15.💧 What happens to water vapour when it touches the cold cling film? (a) it disappears (b) it turns to smoke (c) it turns to drops (d) it turns to salt
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) wet hair drying (b) drops under a pot lid (c) a misty bathroom mirror (d) dew on morning grass
- 17.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for the water cycle bowl? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 18.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) sunlight (b) a small cup (c) water (d) a magnet
- 19.⚖️ 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
- 20.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) ice cubes (b) water (c) cling film (d) yeast
- 21.📘 What is water vapour? (a) tiny ice cubes (b) water as a gas (c) a kind of smoke (d) salty water
- 22.⚖️ 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
- 23.💧 Which of these is condensation? (a) sweat drying on skin (b) a misty bathroom mirror (c) wet hair drying (d) wet clothes drying
- 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 measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
- 25.🔮 Predict: you put ice cubes on top of the cling film. What happens? (a) the bowl freezes (b) fewer drops form (c) the water turns red (d) more drops form
- 26.💧 Which of these is freezing? (a) water becoming ice (b) sweat drying on skin (c) a misty bathroom mirror (d) ice becoming water
- 27.True or false: a pond icing over is melting. (a) True (b) False
- 28.True or false: snow turning to water is melting. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🧺 Do we need sunlight for the water cycle bowl? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 30.⚖️ 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) the size of the bowl (b) the cling film cover (c) how many drops form (d) the amount of water
- 31.⚖️ 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 what we measure. (a) False (b) True
- 32.True or false: turmeric powder is needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🔮 Predict: a bowl of water is left uncovered in the hot sun all day. What happens? (a) some water evaporates (b) it turns to salt (c) it turns to ice (d) the water increases
- 34.True or false: a big bowl is not needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🧺 Which of these is needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) a mirror (b) a balloon (c) a magnet (d) a big bowl
- 36.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) water (b) cling film (c) a mirror (d) ice cubes
- 37.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a big bowl (b) cling film (c) a magnet (d) water
- 38.⚖️ 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 measure it (c) we keep it the same
- 39.True or false: wet clothes drying is condensation. (a) True (b) False
- 40.💧 Which change is this: wet clothes drying? (a) condensation (b) melting (c) freezing (d) evaporation
Answer key
- ice cubes
- butter going runny
- the amount of water
- wipe them dry
- not needed
- False
- the cling film cover
- True
- drops on a cold glass
- turmeric powder
- hot water can scald
- True
- sun or shade
- False
- it turns to drops
- wet hair drying
- not needed
- a magnet
- True
- yeast
- water as a gas
- the size of the bowl
- a misty bathroom mirror
- we measure it
- more drops form
- water becoming ice
- False
- True
- needed
- how many drops form
- False
- False
- some water evaporates
- False
- a big bowl
- a mirror
- a magnet
- we keep it the same
- False
- evaporation
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