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: yeast is not needed for the card-on-a-glass trick. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a compass needle (b) a magnetic pin holder (c) a drinking straw (d) a magnetic chess set
- 3.True or false: a mirror is needed for the card-on-a-glass trick. (a) True (b) False
- 4.⚖️ 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
- 5.True or false: a towel is not needed for the card-on-a-glass trick. (a) False (b) True
- 6.⚖️ 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) False (b) True
- 7.True or false: a sink or a bucket is not needed for the card-on-a-glass trick. (a) False (b) True
- 8.⚖️ 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
- 9.🥛 Does a vacuum cleaner work by air pressure or by magnetism? (a) magnetism (b) air pressure
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a drinking straw (b) a medicine dropper (c) a suction hook (d) a fridge magnet
- 11.⚖️ 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) the same card (c) how full the glass is
- 12.🧺 Three of these are needed for the card-on-a-glass trick. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a glass of water (b) a stiff postcard (c) a balloon (d) a sink or a bucket
- 13.🧺 Do we need a mirror for the card-on-a-glass trick? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 14.🛟 Why is a plastic cup safer than a glass for small children here? (a) it will not break (b) it is heavier (c) it is magnetic (d) it is hotter
- 15.⚖️ 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
- 16.🥛 Which of these works by air pressure? (a) a magnetic chess set (b) a fridge magnet (c) a medicine dropper (d) a compass needle
- 17.True or false: a vacuum cleaner works by air pressure. (a) False (b) True
- 18.⚖️ 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 change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fridge magnet (b) a compass needle (c) a magnetic chess set (d) a medicine dropper
- 20.True or false: a drinking straw works by air pressure. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🧺 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 magnet (d) a stiff postcard
- 22.True or false: a vacuum cleaner works by magnetism. (a) True (b) False
- 23.⚖️ 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
- 24.🔍 You turn the full glass upside down, holding the card, then let go of the card. What happens? (a) the water turns to ice (b) the glass breaks (c) the card flies away (d) the card stays on
- 25.🥛 Does a fridge magnet work by air pressure or by magnetism? (a) air pressure (b) magnetism
- 26.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we change it
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a vacuum cleaner (b) a medicine dropper (c) a suction hook (d) a magnetic chess set
- 28.🧺 Do we need a sink or a bucket for the card-on-a-glass trick? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 29.📘 Air presses on everything around us. What is this push called? (a) sunlight (b) friction (c) magnetism (d) air pressure
- 30.⚖️ 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 measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
- 31.True or false: a magnetic chess set works by magnetism. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🧺 Three of these are needed for the card-on-a-glass trick. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a battery cell (b) a glass of water (c) a towel (d) a sink or a bucket
- 33.🥛 Which of these works by magnetism? (a) a vacuum cleaner (b) a medicine dropper (c) a suction hook (d) a magnetic pin holder
- 34.⚖️ 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
- 35.⚖️ 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 measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
- 36.True or false: yeast is needed for the card-on-a-glass trick. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🧺 Which of these is needed for the card-on-a-glass trick? (a) yeast (b) a glass of water (c) turmeric powder (d) a magnet
- 38.🧺 Do we need a glass of water for the card-on-a-glass trick? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 39.True or false: turmeric powder is needed for the card-on-a-glass trick. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🧺 Which of these is needed for the card-on-a-glass trick? (a) a mirror (b) a battery cell (c) a balloon (d) a stiff postcard
Answer key
- True
- a drinking straw
- False
- False
- False
- True
- False
- False
- air pressure
- a fridge magnet
- the same card
- a balloon
- not needed
- it will not break
- False
- a medicine dropper
- True
- we measure it
- a medicine dropper
- True
- a magnet
- False
- True
- the card stays on
- magnetism
- we keep it the same
- a magnetic chess set
- needed
- air pressure
- we change it
- True
- a battery cell
- a magnetic pin holder
- we keep it the same
- we keep it the same
- False
- a glass of water
- needed
- False
- a stiff postcard
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