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 battery cell for the water cycle bowl? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 2.🌧️ The drops falling back into the bowl are like which part of the real water cycle? (a) lightning (b) sunshine (c) rain (d) wind
- 3.🛟 Why should only a grown-up handle any hot water? (a) it changes colour (b) hot water can scald (c) hot water is magnetic (d) hot water is heavy
- 4.🔮 Predict: you put ice cubes on top of the cling film. What happens? (a) more drops form (b) fewer drops form (c) the water turns red (d) the bowl freezes
- 5.💧 Which of these is melting? (a) wet clothes drying (b) sweat drying on skin (c) snow turning to water (d) dew on morning grass
- 6.💧 Which of these is freezing? (a) snow turning to water (b) making ice lollies (c) sweat drying on skin (d) wet clothes drying
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) snow turning to water (b) butter going runny (c) a misty bathroom mirror (d) ice becoming water
- 8.💧 Which of these is evaporation? (a) a pond icing over (b) ice becoming water (c) butter going runny (d) sweat drying on skin
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a puddle drying up (b) wet clothes drying (c) snow turning to water (d) wet hair drying
- 10.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) cling film (b) a small cup (c) turmeric powder (d) sunlight
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) water becoming ice (b) making ice lollies (c) ice becoming water (d) a pond icing over
- 12.⚖️ 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 cling film cover (b) the time we wait (c) sun or shade (d) how many drops form
- 13.True or false: butter going runny is freezing. (a) False (b) True
- 14.True or false: a puddle drying up is melting. (a) False (b) True
- 15.⚖️ 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
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) wet clothes drying (b) a misty bathroom mirror (c) dew on morning grass (d) drops under a pot lid
- 17.⚖️ 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 the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🧺 Do we need a mirror for the water cycle bowl? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 19.⚖️ 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 measure it (c) we change it
- 20.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) ice cubes (b) a big bowl (c) a small cup (d) turmeric powder
- 21.True or false: wet hair drying is evaporation. (a) True (b) False
- 22.⚖️ 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 amount of water (c) how many drops form
- 23.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) sunlight (b) ice cubes (c) a big bowl (d) yeast
- 24.⚖️ 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 the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 25.True or false: wet clothes drying is freezing. (a) False (b) True
- 26.💧 Which change is this: dew on morning grass? (a) evaporation (b) melting (c) condensation (d) freezing
- 27.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) a small cup (b) a magnet (c) sunlight (d) a big bowl
- 28.True or false: a puddle drying up is condensation. (a) False (b) True
- 29.True or false: ice cubes is not needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🛟 What should you do with wet floors after the experiment? (a) slide on them (b) wipe them dry (c) pour more water (d) leave them wet
- 31.True or false: sweat drying on skin is condensation. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sweat drying on skin (b) wet hair drying (c) a puddle drying up (d) drops on a cold glass
- 33.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) sunlight (b) ice cubes (c) a balloon (d) water
- 34.📘 What is water vapour? (a) salty water (b) tiny ice cubes (c) a kind of smoke (d) water as a gas
- 35.🧺 Do we need a big bowl for the water cycle bowl? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 36.🧺 Which of these is needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) a magnet (b) ice cubes (c) a balloon (d) turmeric powder
- 37.🧺 Do we need cling film for the water cycle bowl? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 38.🧺 Which of these is needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) a big bowl (b) a battery cell (c) a magnet (d) a mirror
- 39.⚖️ 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 measure it (c) we keep it the same
- 40.⚖️ 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
Answer key
- not needed
- rain
- hot water can scald
- more drops form
- snow turning to water
- making ice lollies
- a misty bathroom mirror
- sweat drying on skin
- snow turning to water
- turmeric powder
- ice becoming water
- how many drops form
- False
- False
- False
- wet clothes drying
- False
- not needed
- we change it
- turmeric powder
- True
- the amount of water
- yeast
- False
- False
- condensation
- a magnet
- False
- False
- wipe them dry
- False
- drops on a cold glass
- a balloon
- water as a gas
- needed
- ice cubes
- needed
- a big bowl
- we keep it the same
- we keep it the same
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