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