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