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.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the card-on-a-glass trick? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 2.🥛 Which of these works by magnetism? (a) a suction hook (b) a magnetic chess set (c) a drinking straw (d) a bicycle pump
- 3.True or false: a towel is not needed for the card-on-a-glass trick. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a vacuum cleaner (b) a suction hook (c) a bicycle pump (d) a fridge magnet
- 5.⚖️ Fair test — does the card stay on with a full glass and with a half-full glass? True or false: the same card is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🥛 Does a suction hook work by air pressure or by magnetism? (a) air pressure (b) magnetism
- 7.⚖️ 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 same card (b) whether the card stays (c) the way we turn it (d) how full the glass is
- 8.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the card-on-a-glass trick? (a) a glass of water (b) a stiff postcard (c) yeast (d) a sink or a bucket
- 9.🧺 Three of these are needed for the card-on-a-glass trick. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a glass of water (b) a sink or a bucket (c) a stiff postcard (d) turmeric powder
- 10.📘 Air presses on everything around us. What is this push called? (a) magnetism (b) sunlight (c) air pressure (d) friction
- 11.🧺 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) a stiff postcard (d) a magnet
- 12.⚖️ 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) how full the glass is (b) the same glass (c) whether the card stays
- 13.🥛 Which of these works by magnetism? (a) a vacuum cleaner (b) a drinking straw (c) a suction hook (d) a fridge magnet
- 14.True or false: a towel is needed for the card-on-a-glass trick. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🧺 Which of these is needed for the card-on-a-glass trick? (a) yeast (b) a balloon (c) a stiff postcard (d) a mirror
- 16.🧺 Three of these are needed for the card-on-a-glass trick. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a towel (b) a sink or a bucket (c) yeast (d) a stiff postcard
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fridge magnet (b) a bicycle pump (c) a compass needle (d) a magnetic chess set
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a suction hook (b) a drinking straw (c) a magnetic chess set (d) a medicine dropper
- 19.🥛 Which of these works by magnetism? (a) a drinking straw (b) a medicine dropper (c) a suction hook (d) a magnetic pin holder
- 20.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the card-on-a-glass trick? (a) a sink or a bucket (b) a towel (c) a balloon (d) a glass of water
- 21.🧺 Do we need a sink or a bucket for the card-on-a-glass trick? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 22.🔮 Why do we try the card trick over a sink or a bucket? (a) to make it rain (b) to grow plants (c) to catch any spills (d) to cool the glass
- 23.True or false: a sink or a bucket is not needed for the card-on-a-glass trick. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🧺 Three of these are needed for the card-on-a-glass trick. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a battery cell (b) a towel (c) a sink or a bucket (d) a glass of water
- 25.True or false: a stiff postcard is not needed for the card-on-a-glass trick. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🛟 Where should you do the card-and-glass trick? (a) over a laptop (b) on a bed (c) over a sink or bucket (d) near a plug point
- 27.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
- 28.🧺 Which of these is needed for the card-on-a-glass trick? (a) a glass of water (b) yeast (c) a magnet (d) a battery cell
- 29.⚖️ Fair test — does the card stay on with a full glass and with a half-full glass? What do we do with “how full the glass is”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
- 30.⚖️ 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) whether the card stays (b) how full the glass is (c) the same card (d) the same glass
- 31.⚖️ 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 change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
- 32.True or false: a sink or a bucket is needed for the card-on-a-glass trick. (a) False (b) True
- 33.True or false: a fridge magnet works by magnetism. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🥛 What holds the card up against the upside-down glass? (a) air pushing up (b) glue on the card (c) the cold water (d) a magnet
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a suction hook (b) a magnetic pin holder (c) a magnetic chess set (d) a compass needle
- 36.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for the card-on-a-glass trick? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 37.⚖️ Fair test — does the card stay on with a full glass and with a half-full glass? True or false: how full the glass is is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🥛 Does a bicycle pump work by air pressure or by magnetism? (a) air pressure (b) magnetism
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a vacuum cleaner (b) a magnetic pin holder (c) a magnetic chess set (d) a compass needle
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a magnetic pin holder (b) a compass needle (c) a magnetic chess set (d) a drinking straw
Answer key
- not needed
- a magnetic chess set
- False
- a fridge magnet
- True
- air pressure
- how full the glass is
- yeast
- turmeric powder
- air pressure
- a magnet
- the same glass
- a fridge magnet
- True
- a stiff postcard
- yeast
- a bicycle pump
- a magnetic chess set
- a magnetic pin holder
- a balloon
- needed
- to catch any spills
- False
- a battery cell
- False
- over a sink or bucket
- we keep it the same
- a glass of water
- we change it
- whether the card stays
- we keep it the same
- True
- True
- air pushing up
- a suction hook
- not needed
- True
- air pressure
- a vacuum cleaner
- a drinking straw
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