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