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