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