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.True or false: a medicine dropper works by magnetism. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🥛 Which of these works by magnetism? (a) a bicycle pump (b) a vacuum cleaner (c) a drinking straw (d) a magnetic pin holder
- 3.🧺 Which of these is needed for the card-on-a-glass trick? (a) a battery cell (b) turmeric powder (c) a glass of water (d) a balloon
- 4.🧺 Three of these are needed for the card-on-a-glass trick. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a magnet (b) a stiff postcard (c) a glass of water (d) a sink or a bucket
- 5.🥛 Does a medicine dropper work by air pressure or by magnetism? (a) air pressure (b) magnetism
- 6.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the card-on-a-glass trick? (a) a towel (b) a sink or a bucket (c) a balloon (d) a stiff postcard
- 7.⚖️ Fair test — does the card stay on with a full glass and with a half-full glass? What do we do with “the way we turn it”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
- 8.⚖️ 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 way we turn it (c) the same card (d) whether the card stays
- 9.⚖️ Fair test — does the card stay on with a full glass and with a half-full glass? True or false: the way we turn it is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 10.⚖️ Fair test — does the card stay on with a full glass and with a half-full glass? True or false: the way we turn it is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
- 11.True or false: a stiff postcard is needed for the card-on-a-glass trick. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🧺 Three of these are needed for the card-on-a-glass trick. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a sink or a bucket (b) a glass of water (c) turmeric powder (d) a stiff postcard
- 13.🧺 Three of these are needed for the card-on-a-glass trick. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a towel (b) a battery cell (c) a sink or a bucket (d) a glass of water
- 14.True or false: a battery cell is not needed for the card-on-a-glass trick. (a) False (b) True
- 15.🥤 Why does juice go up a drinking straw when you sip? (a) the straw is magnetic (b) air pushes it up (c) juice likes plastic (d) the straw is hot
- 16.⚖️ Fair test — does the card stay on with a full glass and with a half-full glass? Which of these is kept the same? (a) whether the card stays (b) how full the glass is (c) the same card
- 17.True or false: a magnetic chess set works by air pressure. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🧺 Do we need a stiff postcard for the card-on-a-glass trick? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 19.🧺 Three of these are needed for the card-on-a-glass trick. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a sink or a bucket (b) a towel (c) yeast (d) a stiff postcard
- 20.True or false: a medicine dropper works by air pressure. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🔮 Predict: you squeeze an empty plastic bottle with its cap screwed on tight. Why is it hard? (a) the bottle is magnetic (b) the cap is sticky (c) water is hiding there (d) air inside pushes back
- 22.🧺 Which of these is needed for the card-on-a-glass trick? (a) yeast (b) a towel (c) a battery cell (d) a magnet
- 23.🥛 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
- 24.🥛 Which of these works by magnetism? (a) a magnetic chess set (b) a medicine dropper (c) a vacuum cleaner (d) a suction hook
- 25.⚖️ Fair test — does the card stay on with a full glass and with a half-full glass? True or false: the same card is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🧺 Three of these are needed for the card-on-a-glass trick. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a stiff postcard (b) a towel (c) a mirror (d) a glass of water
- 27.⚖️ Fair test — does the card stay on with a full glass and with a half-full glass? True or false: the same card is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🔮 Predict: you blow up a balloon. What fills it? (a) smoke (b) sand (c) air (d) water
- 29.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the card-on-a-glass trick? (a) a stiff postcard (b) a towel (c) a sink or a bucket (d) turmeric powder
- 30.True or false: a mirror is needed for the card-on-a-glass trick. (a) True (b) False
- 31.⚖️ 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) the way we turn it (b) whether the card stays (c) the same card (d) how full the glass is
- 32.🛟 Why is a plastic cup safer than a glass for small children here? (a) it is hotter (b) it will not break (c) it is heavier (d) it is magnetic
- 33.True or false: a vacuum cleaner works by air pressure. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a vacuum cleaner (b) a drinking straw (c) a compass needle (d) a bicycle pump
- 35.⚖️ 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
- 36.🧺 Do we need a glass of water for the card-on-a-glass trick? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 37.⚖️ Fair test — does the card stay on with a full glass and with a half-full glass? True or false: the same glass is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
- 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 glass”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
- 39.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the card-on-a-glass trick? (a) a glass of water (b) a sink or a bucket (c) a magnet (d) a towel
- 40.🥛 Which of these works by air pressure? (a) a magnetic pin holder (b) a magnetic chess set (c) a drinking straw (d) a compass needle
Answer key
- False
- a magnetic pin holder
- a glass of water
- a magnet
- air pressure
- a balloon
- we keep it the same
- whether the card stays
- True
- False
- True
- turmeric powder
- a battery cell
- True
- air pushes it up
- the same card
- False
- needed
- yeast
- True
- air inside pushes back
- a towel
- a vacuum cleaner
- a magnetic chess set
- False
- a mirror
- False
- air
- turmeric powder
- False
- how full the glass is
- it will not break
- True
- a compass needle
- we keep it the same
- needed
- False
- we keep it the same
- a magnet
- a drinking straw
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