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 is water vapour? (a) a kind of smoke (b) salty water (c) water as a gas (d) tiny ice cubes
- 2.⚖️ 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
- 3.⚖️ 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
- 4.🧺 Do we need a mirror for the water cycle bowl? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 5.⚖️ 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 amount of water (b) how many drops form (c) sun or shade (d) the size of the bowl
- 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.🧺 Which of these is needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) a battery cell (b) cling film (c) a mirror (d) a balloon
- 8.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a big bowl (b) turmeric powder (c) a small cup (d) water
- 9.💧 Which of these is evaporation? (a) ice becoming water (b) wet clothes drying (c) butter going runny (d) drops under a pot lid
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) water becoming ice (b) making ice lollies (c) a pond icing over (d) a misty bathroom mirror
- 11.True or false: a small cup is not needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🔮 Predict: a bowl of water is left uncovered in the hot sun all day. What happens? (a) it turns to salt (b) the water increases (c) some water evaporates (d) it turns to ice
- 13.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for the water cycle bowl? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 14.💧 Which of these is melting? (a) snow turning to water (b) water becoming ice (c) a puddle drying up (d) a pond icing over
- 15.⚖️ 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 time we wait (b) how many drops form (c) the size of the bowl (d) sun or shade
- 16.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) ice cubes (b) a mirror (c) sunlight (d) water
- 17.🔮 Predict: wet clothes are hung out on a sunny, windy day. How do they dry? (a) slower (b) they never dry (c) faster (d) they turn to ice
- 18.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for the water cycle bowl? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 19.⚖️ 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 measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
- 20.True or false: yeast is not needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) a battery cell (b) ice cubes (c) a big bowl (d) water
- 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 change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
- 23.True or false: making ice lollies is evaporation. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🧺 Do we need a small cup for the water cycle bowl? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 25.⚖️ 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 amount of water (b) how many drops form (c) sun or shade
- 26.True or false: making ice lollies is condensation. (a) False (b) True
- 27.⚖️ 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 the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🧺 Do we need sunlight for the water cycle bowl? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 29.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) ice cubes (b) sunlight (c) a magnet (d) a small cup
- 30.💧 Which change is this: wet hair drying? (a) freezing (b) melting (c) evaporation (d) condensation
- 31.🧺 Do we need a magnet for the water cycle bowl? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 32.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) water (b) a magnet (c) cling film (d) a small cup
- 33.⚖️ Fair test — does a bowl in the sun make more drops than a bowl in the shade? True or false: sun or shade is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
- 34.True or false: a mirror is not needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) False (b) True
- 35.💧 Which change is this: a misty bathroom mirror? (a) condensation (b) freezing (c) evaporation (d) melting
- 36.True or false: a balloon is needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) True (b) False
- 37.💧 Which of these is evaporation? (a) drops under a pot lid (b) ice becoming water (c) wet hair drying (d) a misty bathroom mirror
- 38.True or false: cling film is not needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) True (b) False
- 39.True or false: drops on a cold glass is evaporation. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drops on a cold glass (b) drops under a pot lid (c) a puddle drying up (d) a misty bathroom mirror
Answer key
- water as a gas
- True
- False
- not needed
- how many drops form
- hot water can scald
- cling film
- turmeric powder
- wet clothes drying
- a misty bathroom mirror
- False
- some water evaporates
- not needed
- snow turning to water
- sun or shade
- a mirror
- faster
- not needed
- we measure it
- True
- a battery cell
- we keep it the same
- False
- needed
- the amount of water
- False
- False
- needed
- a magnet
- evaporation
- not needed
- a magnet
- False
- True
- condensation
- False
- wet hair drying
- False
- False
- a puddle drying up
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