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.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the water cycle bowl? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 2.True or false: a pond icing over is freezing. (a) True (b) False
- 3.🧺 Do we need a small cup for the water cycle bowl? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 4.⚖️ 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 measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
- 5.⚖️ 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 what we measure. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a magnet (b) a big bowl (c) a small cup (d) sunlight
- 7.💧 In the covered bowl, where does the water vapour come from? (a) the cling film (b) water warmed by the Sun (c) the bowl itself (d) the air outside
- 8.⚖️ 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 size of the bowl (d) the time we wait
- 9.⚖️ Fair test — does a bowl in the sun make more drops than a bowl in the shade? True or false: sun or shade is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 10.💧 Which of these is freezing? (a) dew on morning grass (b) water becoming ice (c) a misty bathroom mirror (d) snow turning to water
- 11.🔮 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
- 12.🧺 Which of these is needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) a balloon (b) ice cubes (c) a battery cell (d) yeast
- 13.🔮 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
- 14.True or false: drops on a cold glass is melting. (a) True (b) False
- 15.💧 Which of these is condensation? (a) a misty bathroom mirror (b) ice becoming water (c) wet hair drying (d) snow turning to water
- 16.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a big bowl (b) a balloon (c) cling film (d) a small cup
- 17.💧 Which of these is melting? (a) wet clothes drying (b) a misty bathroom mirror (c) butter going runny (d) water becoming ice
- 18.True or false: drops under a pot lid is melting. (a) True (b) False
- 19.⚖️ 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
- 20.True or false: a battery cell is needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for the water cycle bowl? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 22.⚖️ 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 cling film cover (b) the time we wait (c) the size of the bowl (d) how many drops form
- 23.💧 Which of these is evaporation? (a) water becoming ice (b) butter going runny (c) a misty bathroom mirror (d) wet clothes drying
- 24.⚖️ Fair test — does a bowl in the sun make more drops than a bowl in the shade? What do we do with “sun or shade”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
- 25.📘 What is water vapour? (a) tiny ice cubes (b) a kind of smoke (c) water as a gas (d) salty water
- 26.💧 Which of these is melting? (a) a misty bathroom mirror (b) wet clothes drying (c) ice becoming water (d) a pond icing over
- 27.🧺 Which of these is needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) a magnet (b) yeast (c) cling film (d) a mirror
- 28.True or false: ice becoming water is melting. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) water (b) yeast (c) a small cup (d) sunlight
- 30.⚖️ 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
- 31.True or false: wet clothes drying is freezing. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a big bowl (b) sunlight (c) a battery cell (d) a small cup
- 33.True or false: wet hair drying is evaporation. (a) False (b) True
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pond icing over (b) water becoming ice (c) drops on a cold glass (d) making ice lollies
- 35.True or false: making ice lollies is melting. (a) False (b) True
- 36.💧 Why do water drops form on the outside of a glass of ice water? (a) the glass sweats (b) ice escapes the glass (c) the glass leaks (d) vapour in air cools
- 37.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) water (b) sunlight (c) a mirror (d) ice cubes
- 38.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) a big bowl (b) cling film (c) turmeric powder (d) a small cup
- 39.⚖️ 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 what we measure. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) turmeric powder (b) sunlight (c) a big bowl (d) water
Answer key
- not needed
- True
- needed
- we keep it the same
- False
- a magnet
- water warmed by the Sun
- sun or shade
- True
- water becoming ice
- faster
- ice cubes
- some water evaporates
- False
- a misty bathroom mirror
- a balloon
- butter going runny
- False
- True
- False
- not needed
- how many drops form
- wet clothes drying
- we change it
- water as a gas
- ice becoming water
- cling film
- True
- yeast
- False
- False
- a battery cell
- True
- drops on a cold glass
- False
- vapour in air cools
- a mirror
- turmeric powder
- False
- turmeric powder
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