Evaporation, convection and a drop’s journey
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Explain in two sentences why wet skin feels cool.
Evaporation takes in heat from the skin.
2
Draw a convection loop with arrows: warm air up, cool air down.
Warm rises, cools at the top, sinks at the sides.
3
Write the water drop’s journey with six boxes.
Sea, vapour, cloud, rain, canal or plant, sea.
4
List what a cloud is and what it is not.
A cloud is tiny droplets; it is not steam or vapour.
5
Check a cold glass of water at home after ten minutes and say where the drops came from.
From vapour in the air.