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