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