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 small cup (b) a big bowl (c) cling film (d) a magnet
- 2.🌧️ The drops falling back into the bowl are like which part of the real water cycle? (a) wind (b) rain (c) sunshine (d) lightning
- 3.🧺 Which of these is needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) turmeric powder (b) cling film (c) yeast (d) a mirror
- 4.🧺 Do we need cling film for the water cycle bowl? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 5.True or false: wet clothes drying is melting. (a) True (b) False
- 6.True or false: water is needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🧺 Do we need yeast for the water cycle bowl? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 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) the amount of water (b) how many drops form (c) sun or shade (d) the time we wait
- 9.True or false: wet clothes drying is freezing. (a) False (b) True
- 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 amount of water (b) sun or shade (c) how many drops form
- 11.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) a small cup (b) sunlight (c) ice cubes (d) a battery cell
- 12.True or false: a puddle drying up is evaporation. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🧺 Do we need water for the water cycle bowl? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 14.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) sunlight (b) a small cup (c) cling film (d) yeast
- 15.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) a balloon (b) cling film (c) sunlight (d) ice cubes
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drops on a cold glass (b) drops under a pot lid (c) a misty bathroom mirror (d) wet clothes drying
- 17.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a small cup (b) yeast (c) a big bowl (d) ice cubes
- 18.💧 Why do water drops form on the outside of a glass of ice water? (a) the glass leaks (b) vapour in air cools (c) the glass sweats (d) ice escapes the glass
- 19.💧 Which of these is freezing? (a) water becoming ice (b) snow turning to water (c) a misty bathroom mirror (d) drops on a cold glass
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drops under a pot lid (b) ice becoming water (c) butter going runny (d) snow turning to water
- 21.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cling film (b) sunlight (c) a small cup (d) a battery cell
- 22.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a small cup (b) a mirror (c) a big bowl (d) ice cubes
- 23.🧺 Do we need a mirror for the water cycle bowl? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 24.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) a mirror (b) a small cup (c) sunlight (d) water
- 25.True or false: ice cubes is needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🔮 Predict: wet clothes are hung out on a sunny, windy day. How do they dry? (a) slower (b) they never dry (c) they turn to ice (d) faster
- 27.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) water (b) sunlight (c) a balloon (d) cling film
- 28.🛟 What should you do with wet floors after the experiment? (a) wipe them dry (b) slide on them (c) pour more water (d) leave them wet
- 29.🧺 Do we need a magnet for the water cycle bowl? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 30.💧 Which of these is melting? (a) butter going runny (b) a pond icing over (c) a puddle drying up (d) drops on a cold glass
- 31.⚖️ 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) True (b) False
- 32.🧺 Do we need a small cup for the water cycle bowl? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 33.💧 Which of these is evaporation? (a) drops on a cold glass (b) water becoming ice (c) butter going runny (d) wet clothes drying
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a misty bathroom mirror (b) drops on a cold glass (c) ice becoming water (d) drops under a pot lid
- 35.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for the water cycle bowl? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 36.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) ice cubes (b) cling film (c) sunlight (d) turmeric powder
- 37.🛟 Why should only a grown-up handle any hot water? (a) hot water can scald (b) it changes colour (c) hot water is heavy (d) hot water is magnetic
- 38.💧 Which change is this: wet hair drying? (a) condensation (b) freezing (c) evaporation (d) melting
- 39.True or false: a magnet is not needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) True (b) False
- 40.⚖️ 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
Answer key
- a magnet
- rain
- cling film
- needed
- False
- True
- not needed
- sun or shade
- False
- the amount of water
- a battery cell
- True
- needed
- yeast
- a balloon
- wet clothes drying
- yeast
- vapour in air cools
- water becoming ice
- drops under a pot lid
- a battery cell
- a mirror
- not needed
- a mirror
- True
- faster
- a balloon
- wipe them dry
- not needed
- butter going runny
- False
- needed
- wet clothes drying
- ice becoming water
- not needed
- turmeric powder
- hot water can scald
- evaporation
- True
- True
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