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