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: water is needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) False (b) True
- 2.True or false: a misty bathroom mirror is freezing. (a) True (b) False
- 3.🧺 Which of these is needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) yeast (b) a balloon (c) a small cup (d) a battery cell
- 4.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cling film (b) yeast (c) a small cup (d) sunlight
- 5.💧 Which of these is condensation? (a) drops under a pot lid (b) snow turning to water (c) wet clothes drying (d) a puddle drying up
- 6.🔮 Predict: wet clothes are hung out on a sunny, windy day. How do they dry? (a) slower (b) faster (c) they never dry (d) they turn to ice
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) wet hair drying (b) a misty bathroom mirror (c) a puddle drying up (d) wet clothes drying
- 8.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) a small cup (b) sunlight (c) a mirror (d) cling film
- 9.True or false: a pond icing over is condensation. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🌧️ The drops falling back into the bowl are like which part of the real water cycle? (a) lightning (b) wind (c) rain (d) sunshine
- 11.⚖️ 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
- 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) the time we wait (b) the size of the bowl (c) how many drops form (d) sun or shade
- 13.True or false: a battery cell is not needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) turmeric powder (b) water (c) sunlight (d) ice cubes
- 15.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a magnet (b) a big bowl (c) cling film (d) water
- 16.💧 Which change is this: wet hair drying? (a) freezing (b) melting (c) evaporation (d) condensation
- 17.⚖️ 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
- 18.💧 Which of these is freezing? (a) dew on morning grass (b) making ice lollies (c) butter going runny (d) drops under a pot lid
- 19.True or false: a misty bathroom mirror is evaporation. (a) False (b) True
- 20.True or false: a pond icing over is freezing. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) water (b) a small cup (c) a balloon (d) cling film
- 22.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for the water cycle bowl? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 23.🧺 Which of these is needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) a mirror (b) a magnet (c) a big bowl (d) a balloon
- 24.📘 What is water vapour? (a) tiny ice cubes (b) a kind of smoke (c) salty water (d) water as a gas
- 25.💧 Which of these is freezing? (a) water becoming ice (b) drops under a pot lid (c) sweat drying on skin (d) wet hair drying
- 26.🧺 Which of these is needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) yeast (b) a balloon (c) a battery cell (d) water
- 27.⚖️ 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
- 28.💧 What happens to water vapour when it touches the cold cling film? (a) it turns to drops (b) it disappears (c) it turns to salt (d) it turns to smoke
- 29.💧 In the covered bowl, where does the water vapour come from? (a) the bowl itself (b) the cling film (c) water warmed by the Sun (d) the air outside
- 30.🧺 Do we need water for the water cycle bowl? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 31.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cling film (b) a mirror (c) sunlight (d) a small cup
- 32.🧺 Do we need ice cubes for the water cycle bowl? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 33.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
- 34.⚖️ 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) False (b) True
- 35.💧 Which change is this: ice becoming water? (a) melting (b) condensation (c) freezing (d) evaporation
- 36.🧺 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) turmeric powder
- 37.⚖️ 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 cling film cover (b) sun or shade (c) how many drops form
- 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) the time we wait (c) the amount of water (d) how many drops form
- 39.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
- 40.⚖️ 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
Answer key
- True
- False
- a small cup
- yeast
- drops under a pot lid
- faster
- a misty bathroom mirror
- a mirror
- False
- rain
- True
- sun or shade
- True
- turmeric powder
- a magnet
- evaporation
- True
- making ice lollies
- False
- True
- a balloon
- not needed
- a big bowl
- water as a gas
- water becoming ice
- water
- False
- it turns to drops
- water warmed by the Sun
- needed
- a mirror
- needed
- we measure it
- False
- melting
- turmeric powder
- the cling film cover
- how many drops form
- we keep it the same
- False
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