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