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