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.🔮 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.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) a small cup (b) a big bowl (c) a battery cell (d) water
- 3.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cling film (b) a magnet (c) a big bowl (d) sunlight
- 4.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a big bowl (b) a small cup (c) a balloon (d) water
- 5.💧 Which change is this: ice becoming water? (a) freezing (b) melting (c) condensation (d) evaporation
- 6.🛟 Why should only a grown-up handle any hot water? (a) hot water is magnetic (b) hot water is heavy (c) it changes colour (d) hot water can scald
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) snow turning to water (b) ice becoming water (c) butter going runny (d) a misty bathroom mirror
- 8.⚖️ 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 the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) sunlight (b) water (c) cling film (d) a mirror
- 10.💧 Which of these is evaporation? (a) wet clothes drying (b) a pond icing over (c) dew on morning grass (d) making ice lollies
- 11.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) False (b) True
- 12.⚖️ 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 change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
- 13.True or false: drops under a pot lid is evaporation. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) water becoming ice (b) ice becoming water (c) snow turning to water (d) butter going runny
- 15.🔮 Predict: wet clothes are hung out on a sunny, windy day. How do they dry? (a) they turn to ice (b) they never dry (c) slower (d) faster
- 16.⚖️ 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 measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making ice lollies (b) drops under a pot lid (c) drops on a cold glass (d) a misty bathroom mirror
- 18.⚖️ 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) the time we wait (c) how many drops form
- 19.True or false: a small cup is not needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) yeast (b) a small cup (c) cling film (d) water
- 21.💧 Which of these is condensation? (a) snow turning to water (b) a misty bathroom mirror (c) a pond icing over (d) sweat drying on skin
- 22.⚖️ 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
- 23.🧺 Which of these is needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) a magnet (b) yeast (c) sunlight (d) a balloon
- 24.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cling film (b) turmeric powder (c) sunlight (d) a big bowl
- 25.True or false: making ice lollies is evaporation. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🧺 Do we need a big bowl 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? True or false: the time we wait is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🧺 Which of these is needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) water (b) yeast (c) a balloon (d) turmeric powder
- 29.True or false: a magnet is needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) False (b) True
- 30.💧 Which change is this: sweat drying on skin? (a) freezing (b) condensation (c) evaporation (d) melting
- 31.True or false: a battery cell is needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) False (b) True
- 32.⚖️ 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
- 33.True or false: a small cup is needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pond icing over (b) making ice lollies (c) ice becoming water (d) water becoming ice
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) wet hair drying (b) a puddle drying up (c) drops under a pot lid (d) sweat drying on skin
- 36.True or false: cling film is needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) cling film (b) water (c) turmeric powder (d) ice cubes
- 38.🧺 Which of these is needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) yeast (b) a magnet (c) a mirror (d) cling film
- 39.⚖️ Fair test — does a bowl in the sun make more drops than a bowl in the shade? True or false: sun or shade is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
- 40.True or false: ice cubes is needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- more drops form
- a battery cell
- a magnet
- a balloon
- melting
- hot water can scald
- a misty bathroom mirror
- False
- a mirror
- wet clothes drying
- True
- we keep it the same
- False
- water becoming ice
- faster
- we change it
- making ice lollies
- the time we wait
- False
- yeast
- a misty bathroom mirror
- we keep it the same
- sunlight
- turmeric powder
- False
- needed
- False
- water
- False
- evaporation
- False
- True
- True
- ice becoming water
- drops under a pot lid
- True
- turmeric powder
- cling film
- False
- True
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