Air Pressure Experiment Worksheet
What you do (Air pushes): 1. Fill a plastic glass right to the top with water. 2. Lay the postcard flat on top, covering the rim. 3. Over a sink or bucket, hold the card and turn the glass upside down. 4. Slowly take your hand away from the card and watch.
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- 1.🥤 Why does juice go up a drinking straw when you sip? (a) air pushes it up (b) the straw is magnetic (c) the straw is hot (d) juice likes plastic
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fridge magnet (b) a bicycle pump (c) a compass needle (d) a magnetic pin holder
- 3.True or false: a fridge magnet works by magnetism. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🧺 Three of these are needed for the card-on-a-glass trick. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a balloon (b) a sink or a bucket (c) a stiff postcard (d) a towel
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fridge magnet (b) a magnetic pin holder (c) a magnetic chess set (d) a medicine dropper
- 6.🧺 Do we need a towel for the card-on-a-glass trick? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 7.True or false: a glass of water is not needed for the card-on-a-glass trick. (a) True (b) False
- 8.🧺 Do we need a sink or a bucket for the card-on-a-glass trick? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 9.🥛 Does a suction hook work by air pressure or by magnetism? (a) magnetism (b) air pressure
- 10.⚖️ Fair test — does the card stay on with a full glass and with a half-full glass? Which of these is what we measure? (a) how full the glass is (b) the same glass (c) the same card (d) whether the card stays
- 11.🧺 Which of these is needed for the card-on-a-glass trick? (a) a mirror (b) a stiff postcard (c) a battery cell (d) a magnet
- 12.🧺 Three of these are needed for the card-on-a-glass trick. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a mirror (b) a towel (c) a stiff postcard (d) a sink or a bucket
- 13.True or false: a balloon is needed for the card-on-a-glass trick. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🧺 Three of these are needed for the card-on-a-glass trick. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a stiff postcard (b) turmeric powder (c) a sink or a bucket (d) a glass of water
- 15.True or false: a suction hook works by air pressure. (a) False (b) True
- 16.🥛 Which of these works by magnetism? (a) a medicine dropper (b) a magnetic pin holder (c) a bicycle pump (d) a suction hook
- 17.⚖️ Fair test — does the card stay on with a full glass and with a half-full glass? True or false: whether the card stays is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 18.True or false: a drinking straw works by air pressure. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🥛 Does a compass needle work by air pressure or by magnetism? (a) magnetism (b) air pressure
- 20.⚖️ Fair test — does the card stay on with a full glass and with a half-full glass? What do we do with “the same glass”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
- 21.🧺 Do we need a mirror for the card-on-a-glass trick? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 22.🥛 Does a fridge magnet work by air pressure or by magnetism? (a) air pressure (b) magnetism
- 23.🔮 Why do we try the card trick over a sink or a bucket? (a) to catch any spills (b) to make it rain (c) to grow plants (d) to cool the glass
- 24.True or false: a magnetic pin holder works by air pressure. (a) True (b) False
- 25.True or false: a stiff postcard is needed for the card-on-a-glass trick. (a) True (b) False
- 26.True or false: yeast is needed for the card-on-a-glass trick. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🧺 Three of these are needed for the card-on-a-glass trick. Which one is NOT needed? (a) yeast (b) a glass of water (c) a sink or a bucket (d) a towel
- 28.🧺 Do we need a stiff postcard for the card-on-a-glass trick? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 29.🥛 Does a magnetic pin holder work by air pressure or by magnetism? (a) air pressure (b) magnetism
- 30.🥛 Which of these works by air pressure? (a) a magnetic pin holder (b) a compass needle (c) a magnetic chess set (d) a medicine dropper
- 31.🧺 Which of these is needed for the card-on-a-glass trick? (a) a balloon (b) a towel (c) a magnet (d) turmeric powder
- 32.🥛 Which of these works by magnetism? (a) a medicine dropper (b) a bicycle pump (c) a vacuum cleaner (d) a magnetic chess set
- 33.⚖️ Fair test — does the card stay on with a full glass and with a half-full glass? What do we do with “whether the card stays”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
- 34.🥛 Which of these works by magnetism? (a) a bicycle pump (b) a fridge magnet (c) a vacuum cleaner (d) a drinking straw
- 35.🔮 Predict: you blow up a balloon. What fills it? (a) smoke (b) sand (c) water (d) air
- 36.🥛 Which of these works by air pressure? (a) a compass needle (b) a magnetic pin holder (c) a magnetic chess set (d) a vacuum cleaner
- 37.🛟 Why is a plastic cup safer than a glass for small children here? (a) it is heavier (b) it is magnetic (c) it is hotter (d) it will not break
- 38.⚖️ Fair test — does the card stay on with a full glass and with a half-full glass? What do we do with “the same card”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
- 39.⚖️ Fair test — does the card stay on with a full glass and with a half-full glass? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) whether the card stays (b) the same card (c) the way we turn it (d) how full the glass is
- 40.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the card-on-a-glass trick? (a) a sink or a bucket (b) a stiff postcard (c) a towel (d) yeast
Answer key
- air pushes it up
- a bicycle pump
- True
- a balloon
- a medicine dropper
- needed
- False
- needed
- air pressure
- whether the card stays
- a stiff postcard
- a mirror
- False
- turmeric powder
- True
- a magnetic pin holder
- False
- True
- magnetism
- we keep it the same
- not needed
- magnetism
- to catch any spills
- False
- True
- False
- yeast
- needed
- magnetism
- a medicine dropper
- a towel
- a magnetic chess set
- we measure it
- a fridge magnet
- air
- a vacuum cleaner
- it will not break
- we keep it the same
- how full the glass is
- yeast
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