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