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.🛟 Why should only a grown-up handle any hot water? (a) hot water is heavy (b) hot water is magnetic (c) it changes colour (d) hot water can scald
- 2.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) a small cup (b) cling film (c) water (d) a magnet
- 3.⚖️ Fair test — does a bowl in the sun make more drops than a bowl in the shade? What do we do with “the time we wait”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
- 4.🧺 Do we need ice cubes for the water cycle bowl? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) water becoming ice (b) sweat drying on skin (c) wet hair drying (d) a puddle drying up
- 6.🔮 Predict: you put ice cubes on top of the cling film. What happens? (a) fewer drops form (b) the water turns red (c) more drops form (d) the bowl freezes
- 7.True or false: cling film is not needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) True (b) False
- 8.⚖️ 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
- 9.True or false: dew on morning grass is melting. (a) True (b) False
- 10.💧 Which change is this: wet hair drying? (a) evaporation (b) condensation (c) melting (d) freezing
- 11.🔮 Predict: wet clothes are hung out on a sunny, windy day. How do they dry? (a) they turn to ice (b) they never dry (c) faster (d) slower
- 12.🔮 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
- 13.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a battery cell (b) cling film (c) a small cup (d) ice cubes
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) wet clothes drying (b) wet hair drying (c) a puddle drying up (d) a pond icing over
- 15.💧 Which of these is evaporation? (a) snow turning to water (b) butter going runny (c) making ice lollies (d) wet clothes drying
- 16.⚖️ 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 change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
- 17.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) water (b) ice cubes (c) a balloon (d) cling film
- 18.🛟 What should you do with wet floors after the experiment? (a) leave them wet (b) slide on them (c) wipe them dry (d) pour more water
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) water becoming ice (b) butter going runny (c) a pond icing over (d) making ice lollies
- 20.⚖️ 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
- 21.⚖️ 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 change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
- 22.⚖️ Fair test — does a bowl in the sun make more drops than a bowl in the shade? True or false: sun or shade is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 23.⚖️ 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 change it (c) we keep it the same
- 24.⚖️ 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 measure it (c) we keep it the same
- 25.⚖️ 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 change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
- 26.True or false: cling film is needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) False (b) True
- 27.💧 Which change is this: butter going runny? (a) melting (b) freezing (c) condensation (d) evaporation
- 28.⚖️ 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
- 29.💧 In the covered bowl, where does the water vapour come from? (a) the air outside (b) the cling film (c) the bowl itself (d) water warmed by the Sun
- 30.🧺 Which of these is needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) yeast (b) a big bowl (c) a battery cell (d) a magnet
- 31.True or false: a mirror is needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🌧️ The drops falling back into the bowl are like which part of the real water cycle? (a) wind (b) rain (c) sunshine (d) lightning
- 33.🧺 Do we need yeast for the water cycle bowl? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 34.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) ice cubes (b) sunlight (c) water (d) a battery cell
- 35.💧 Which change is this: water becoming ice? (a) freezing (b) evaporation (c) condensation (d) melting
- 36.True or false: a big bowl is not needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) False (b) True
- 37.💧 Which of these is melting? (a) a puddle drying up (b) dew on morning grass (c) water becoming ice (d) ice becoming water
- 38.⚖️ 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 size of the bowl (b) how many drops form (c) the time we wait (d) the cling film cover
- 39.True or false: drops under a pot lid is condensation. (a) False (b) True
- 40.True or false: wet hair drying is condensation. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- hot water can scald
- a magnet
- we keep it the same
- needed
- water becoming ice
- more drops form
- False
- True
- False
- evaporation
- faster
- some water evaporates
- a battery cell
- a pond icing over
- wet clothes drying
- we measure it
- a balloon
- wipe them dry
- butter going runny
- False
- we change it
- False
- we keep it the same
- we keep it the same
- we keep it the same
- True
- melting
- True
- water warmed by the Sun
- a big bowl
- False
- rain
- not needed
- a battery cell
- freezing
- False
- ice becoming water
- how many drops form
- True
- False
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