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.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a magnet (b) water (c) sunlight (d) cling film
- 2.🧺 Do we need a small cup for the water cycle bowl? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 3.🔮 Predict: a bowl of water is left uncovered in the hot sun all day. What happens? (a) it turns to salt (b) some water evaporates (c) it turns to ice (d) the water increases
- 4.📘 What is water vapour? (a) water as a gas (b) tiny ice cubes (c) salty water (d) a kind of smoke
- 5.🛟 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
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drops on a cold glass (b) making ice lollies (c) drops under a pot lid (d) a misty bathroom mirror
- 7.🌧️ The drops falling back into the bowl are like which part of the real water cycle? (a) lightning (b) rain (c) wind (d) sunshine
- 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) sun or shade (b) the time we wait (c) how many drops form (d) the amount of water
- 9.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) ice cubes (b) a big bowl (c) sunlight (d) a balloon
- 10.⚖️ 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) the time we wait (b) sun or shade (c) how many drops form
- 11.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) a mirror (b) ice cubes (c) sunlight (d) a big bowl
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dew on morning grass (b) making ice lollies (c) a pond icing over (d) water becoming ice
- 13.💧 Which of these is evaporation? (a) snow turning to water (b) wet clothes drying (c) butter going runny (d) drops on a cold glass
- 14.True or false: butter going runny is freezing. (a) False (b) True
- 15.True or false: ice cubes is not needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) False (b) True
- 16.⚖️ 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 kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a big bowl (b) cling film (c) a small cup (d) turmeric powder
- 18.🔮 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
- 19.True or false: water becoming ice is condensation. (a) False (b) True
- 20.💧 Which of these is condensation? (a) water becoming ice (b) wet clothes drying (c) dew on morning grass (d) snow turning to water
- 21.⚖️ 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) False (b) True
- 22.🛟 Why should only a grown-up handle any hot water? (a) it changes colour (b) hot water is heavy (c) hot water is magnetic (d) hot water can scald
- 23.True or false: sweat drying on skin is evaporation. (a) False (b) True
- 24.💧 Which of these is melting? (a) a pond icing over (b) dew on morning grass (c) wet clothes drying (d) snow turning to water
- 25.⚖️ 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) how many drops form (c) the cling film cover (d) sun or shade
- 26.🧺 Do we need water for the water cycle bowl? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 27.💧 Which change is this: wet clothes drying? (a) freezing (b) condensation (c) evaporation (d) melting
- 28.💧 Which of these is freezing? (a) butter going runny (b) making ice lollies (c) wet clothes drying (d) a misty bathroom mirror
- 29.True or false: water is not needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) True (b) False
- 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.💧 What happens to water vapour when it touches the cold cling film? (a) it turns to salt (b) it turns to drops (c) it disappears (d) it turns to smoke
- 32.⚖️ 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 change it (c) we keep it the same
- 33.💧 Which of these is condensation? (a) wet hair drying (b) making ice lollies (c) wet clothes drying (d) a misty bathroom mirror
- 34.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) a small cup (b) sunlight (c) a balloon (d) a big bowl
- 35.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
- 36.True or false: a battery cell is needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) True (b) False
- 37.💧 Which of these is freezing? (a) wet hair drying (b) snow turning to water (c) a puddle drying up (d) a pond icing over
- 38.⚖️ 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
- 39.True or false: making ice lollies is condensation. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) snow turning to water (b) butter going runny (c) water becoming ice (d) ice becoming water
Answer key
- a magnet
- needed
- some water evaporates
- water as a gas
- wipe them dry
- making ice lollies
- rain
- sun or shade
- a balloon
- the time we wait
- a mirror
- dew on morning grass
- wet clothes drying
- False
- False
- True
- turmeric powder
- faster
- False
- dew on morning grass
- False
- hot water can scald
- True
- snow turning to water
- how many drops form
- needed
- evaporation
- making ice lollies
- False
- False
- it turns to drops
- we change it
- a misty bathroom mirror
- a balloon
- we keep it the same
- False
- a pond icing over
- we keep it the same
- False
- water becoming ice
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