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