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