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Science experiments lesson 9: Water cycle in a bowl · Set 614 · 40 questions
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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. 1.📘 What is water vapour? (a) water as a gas (b) a kind of smoke (c) salty water (d) tiny ice cubes
  2. 2.💧 Which change is this: wet hair drying? (a) freezing (b) melting (c) condensation (d) evaporation
  3. 3.🧺 Which of these is needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) a magnet (b) yeast (c) a big bowl (d) a mirror
  4. 4.🔮 Predict: you put ice cubes on top of the cling film. What happens? (a) the bowl freezes (b) the water turns red (c) more drops form (d) fewer drops form
  5. 5.True or false: a big bowl is needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.⚖️ 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) sun or shade (c) the amount of water (d) the time we wait
  7. 7.True or false: a balloon is not needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.⚖️ 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 cling film cover (c) sun or shade
  9. 9.💧 Which of these is freezing? (a) drops under a pot lid (b) making ice lollies (c) a puddle drying up (d) wet hair drying
  10. 10.💧 Why do water drops form on the outside of a glass of ice water? (a) the glass leaks (b) ice escapes the glass (c) vapour in air cools (d) the glass sweats
  11. 11.💧 Which change is this: drops under a pot lid? (a) evaporation (b) melting (c) condensation (d) freezing
  12. 12.🌧️ The drops falling back into the bowl are like which part of the real water cycle? (a) wind (b) lightning (c) sunshine (d) rain
  13. 13.True or false: butter going runny is condensation. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: a mirror is not needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔮 Predict: wet clothes are hung out on a sunny, windy day. How do they dry? (a) they turn to ice (b) slower (c) they never dry (d) faster
  16. 16.🛟 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
  17. 17.💧 In the covered bowl, where does the water vapour come from? (a) water warmed by the Sun (b) the bowl itself (c) the air outside (d) the cling film
  18. 18.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a big bowl (b) water (c) a magnet (d) sunlight
  19. 19.💧 Which of these is evaporation? (a) butter going runny (b) water becoming ice (c) wet clothes drying (d) snow turning to water
  20. 20.🧺 Do we need ice cubes for the water cycle bowl? (a) needed (b) not needed
  21. 21.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the water cycle bowl? (a) needed (b) not needed
  22. 22.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) turmeric powder (b) ice cubes (c) cling film (d) sunlight
  23. 23.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) yeast (b) a big bowl (c) a small cup (d) cling film
  24. 24.💧 What happens to water vapour when it touches the cold cling film? (a) it turns to salt (b) it turns to smoke (c) it turns to drops (d) it disappears
  25. 25.🧺 Do we need yeast for the water cycle bowl? (a) not needed (b) needed
  26. 26.⚖️ 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
  27. 27.True or false: drops under a pot lid is evaporation. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🛟 Why should only a grown-up handle any hot water? (a) it changes colour (b) hot water is magnetic (c) hot water can scald (d) hot water is heavy
  29. 29.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) cling film (b) a balloon (c) a big bowl (d) sunlight
  30. 30.💧 Which change is this: ice becoming water? (a) condensation (b) evaporation (c) freezing (d) melting
  31. 31.💧 Which change is this: dew on morning grass? (a) freezing (b) evaporation (c) melting (d) condensation
  32. 32.True or false: making ice lollies is evaporation. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🧺 Do we need cling film for the water cycle bowl? (a) not needed (b) needed
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) water becoming ice (b) a pond icing over (c) making ice lollies (d) a misty bathroom mirror
  35. 35.🧺 Which of these is needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) a magnet (b) turmeric powder (c) a balloon (d) sunlight
  36. 36.💧 Which of these is condensation? (a) water becoming ice (b) wet hair drying (c) dew on morning grass (d) snow turning to water
  37. 37.True or false: water becoming ice is freezing. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: ice cubes is needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🧺 Do we need a small cup for the water cycle bowl? (a) needed (b) not needed
  40. 40.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it

Answer key

  1. water as a gas
  2. evaporation
  3. a big bowl
  4. more drops form
  5. True
  6. sun or shade
  7. True
  8. the cling film cover
  9. making ice lollies
  10. vapour in air cools
  11. condensation
  12. rain
  13. False
  14. True
  15. faster
  16. wipe them dry
  17. water warmed by the Sun
  18. a magnet
  19. wet clothes drying
  20. needed
  21. not needed
  22. turmeric powder
  23. yeast
  24. it turns to drops
  25. not needed
  26. we keep it the same
  27. False
  28. hot water can scald
  29. a balloon
  30. melting
  31. condensation
  32. False
  33. needed
  34. a misty bathroom mirror
  35. sunlight
  36. dew on morning grass
  37. True
  38. True
  39. needed
  40. we measure it

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