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