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