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