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: wet hair drying is evaporation. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🛟 What should you do with wet floors after the experiment? (a) leave them wet (b) pour more water (c) wipe them dry (d) slide on them
- 3.True or false: yeast is not needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🔮 Predict: wet clothes are hung out on a sunny, windy day. How do they dry? (a) faster (b) slower (c) they never dry (d) they turn to ice
- 5.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) sunlight (b) a small cup (c) a mirror (d) a big bowl
- 6.🧺 Which of these is needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) a balloon (b) a big bowl (c) yeast (d) turmeric powder
- 7.True or false: wet hair drying is freezing. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a misty bathroom mirror (b) drops under a pot lid (c) snow turning to water (d) dew on morning grass
- 9.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a big bowl (b) a balloon (c) a small cup (d) water
- 10.⚖️ 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) True (b) False
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) wet hair drying (b) wet clothes drying (c) a puddle drying up (d) drops under a pot lid
- 12.True or false: a mirror is not needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) False (b) True
- 13.True or false: a mirror is needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a misty bathroom mirror (b) drops under a pot lid (c) butter going runny (d) drops on a cold glass
- 15.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) a small cup (b) ice cubes (c) a magnet (d) cling film
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drops on a cold glass (b) a misty bathroom mirror (c) drops under a pot lid (d) a puddle drying up
- 17.🧺 Which of these is needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) turmeric powder (b) a balloon (c) yeast (d) cling film
- 18.🔮 Predict: a bowl of water is left uncovered in the hot sun all day. What happens? (a) the water increases (b) it turns to salt (c) it turns to ice (d) some water evaporates
- 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 keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
- 20.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) ice cubes (b) a big bowl (c) turmeric powder (d) cling film
- 21.True or false: a battery cell is needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) False (b) True
- 22.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) False (b) True
- 23.True or false: a small cup is not needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) False (b) True
- 24.⚖️ Fair test — does a bowl in the sun make more drops than a bowl in the shade? What do we do with “the size of the bowl”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
- 25.🧺 Which of these is needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) a battery cell (b) turmeric powder (c) sunlight (d) yeast
- 26.🧺 Do we need a magnet for the water cycle bowl? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 27.⚖️ 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
- 28.📘 What is water vapour? (a) salty water (b) tiny ice cubes (c) a kind of smoke (d) water as a gas
- 29.⚖️ Fair test — does a bowl in the sun make more drops than a bowl in the shade? True or false: sun or shade is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 30.💧 Which change is this: a puddle drying up? (a) condensation (b) melting (c) evaporation (d) freezing
- 31.True or false: drops on a cold glass is freezing. (a) False (b) True
- 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 the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) water (b) ice cubes (c) a big bowl (d) turmeric powder
- 34.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) water (b) a big bowl (c) ice cubes (d) a magnet
- 35.True or false: cling film is not needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🌧️ The drops falling back into the bowl are like which part of the real water cycle? (a) rain (b) sunshine (c) lightning (d) wind
- 37.🛟 Why should only a grown-up handle any hot water? (a) hot water is heavy (b) hot water is magnetic (c) it changes colour (d) hot water can scald
- 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 cling film cover (b) sun or shade (c) the time we wait (d) how many drops form
- 39.True or false: a magnet is not needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🧺 Which of these is needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) yeast (b) a mirror (c) a small cup (d) turmeric powder
Answer key
- True
- wipe them dry
- True
- faster
- a mirror
- a big bowl
- False
- snow turning to water
- a balloon
- False
- drops under a pot lid
- True
- False
- butter going runny
- a magnet
- a puddle drying up
- cling film
- some water evaporates
- we change it
- turmeric powder
- False
- True
- False
- we keep it the same
- sunlight
- not needed
- False
- water as a gas
- False
- evaporation
- False
- False
- turmeric powder
- a magnet
- False
- rain
- hot water can scald
- how many drops form
- True
- a small cup
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