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.💧 Which change is this: a puddle drying up? (a) freezing (b) evaporation (c) condensation (d) melting
- 2.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for the water cycle bowl? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 3.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) a big bowl (b) cling film (c) ice cubes (d) yeast
- 4.💧 Which of these is freezing? (a) a misty bathroom mirror (b) drops under a pot lid (c) a pond icing over (d) snow turning to water
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drops under a pot lid (b) a misty bathroom mirror (c) making ice lollies (d) drops on a cold glass
- 6.⚖️ Fair test — does a bowl in the sun make more drops than a bowl in the shade? True or false: sun or shade is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 7.⚖️ 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
- 8.🛟 Why should only a grown-up handle any hot water? (a) hot water is magnetic (b) hot water can scald (c) it changes colour (d) hot water is heavy
- 9.⚖️ 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) the size of the bowl (d) the amount of water
- 10.⚖️ 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 change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
- 11.🧺 Do we need a big bowl for the water cycle bowl? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 12.🧺 Which of these is needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) a mirror (b) turmeric powder (c) yeast (d) water
- 13.🧺 Do we need water for the water cycle bowl? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 14.⚖️ 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) how many drops form (b) sun or shade (c) the size of the bowl
- 15.🔮 Predict: wet clothes are hung out on a sunny, windy day. How do they dry? (a) faster (b) slower (c) they turn to ice (d) they never dry
- 16.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) a small cup (b) cling film (c) a magnet (d) a big bowl
- 17.💧 Which of these is freezing? (a) drops under a pot lid (b) wet hair drying (c) making ice lollies (d) a misty bathroom mirror
- 18.⚖️ 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 what we measure. (a) True (b) False
- 19.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we change it
- 20.⚖️ 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 the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
- 21.True or false: a pond icing over is freezing. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making ice lollies (b) water becoming ice (c) a pond icing over (d) dew on morning grass
- 23.🧺 Which of these is needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) yeast (b) a big bowl (c) a magnet (d) a balloon
- 24.💧 Why do water drops form on the outside of a glass of ice water? (a) the glass leaks (b) ice escapes the glass (c) the glass sweats (d) vapour in air cools
- 25.⚖️ 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
- 26.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a big bowl (b) yeast (c) ice cubes (d) sunlight
- 27.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we change it
- 28.🧺 Do we need a mirror for the water cycle bowl? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 29.🧺 Which of these is needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) turmeric powder (b) sunlight (c) a magnet (d) a balloon
- 30.🔮 Predict: you put ice cubes on top of the cling film. What happens? (a) the water turns red (b) fewer drops form (c) the bowl freezes (d) more drops form
- 31.🧺 Do we need ice cubes for the water cycle bowl? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 32.💧 Which change is this: a pond icing over? (a) evaporation (b) condensation (c) melting (d) freezing
- 33.⚖️ 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) True (b) False
- 34.🧺 Which of these is needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) a balloon (b) cling film (c) turmeric powder (d) a battery cell
- 35.⚖️ 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) how many drops form (b) the time we wait (c) sun or shade
- 36.💧 What happens to water vapour when it touches the cold cling film? (a) it turns to smoke (b) it disappears (c) it turns to salt (d) it turns to drops
- 37.True or false: a battery cell is needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🧺 Which of these is needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) a battery cell (b) a balloon (c) a small cup (d) yeast
- 39.True or false: wet clothes drying is freezing. (a) False (b) True
- 40.⚖️ Fair test — does a bowl in the sun make more drops than a bowl in the shade? True or false: the time we wait is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- evaporation
- not needed
- yeast
- a pond icing over
- making ice lollies
- True
- False
- hot water can scald
- sun or shade
- we measure it
- needed
- water
- needed
- the size of the bowl
- faster
- a magnet
- making ice lollies
- False
- we keep it the same
- False
- True
- dew on morning grass
- a big bowl
- vapour in air cools
- we keep it the same
- yeast
- we change it
- not needed
- sunlight
- more drops form
- needed
- freezing
- True
- cling film
- the time we wait
- it turns to drops
- False
- a small cup
- False
- True
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