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 magnet (b) a balloon (c) a towel (d) turmeric powder
- 2.🛟 Why is a plastic cup safer than a glass for small children here? (a) it is magnetic (b) it will not break (c) it is hotter (d) it is heavier
- 3.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the card-on-a-glass trick? (a) turmeric powder (b) a stiff postcard (c) a towel (d) a glass of water
- 4.🥛 Does a drinking straw work by air pressure or by magnetism? (a) magnetism (b) air pressure
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a compass needle (b) a fridge magnet (c) a bicycle pump (d) a magnetic pin holder
- 6.True or false: a fridge magnet works by magnetism. (a) True (b) False
- 7.⚖️ 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
- 8.🛟 Where should you do the card-and-glass trick? (a) over a sink or bucket (b) over a laptop (c) on a bed (d) near a plug point
- 9.⚖️ 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) how full the glass is (b) whether the card stays (c) the way we turn it (d) the same card
- 10.🥛 Which of these works by magnetism? (a) a vacuum cleaner (b) a magnetic pin holder (c) a suction hook (d) a bicycle pump
- 11.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the card-on-a-glass trick? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 12.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for the card-on-a-glass trick? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 13.True or false: yeast is needed for the card-on-a-glass trick. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🧺 Do we need a magnet for the card-on-a-glass trick? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 15.🥛 Does a bicycle pump work by air pressure or by magnetism? (a) magnetism (b) air pressure
- 16.🥤 Why does juice go up a drinking straw when you sip? (a) juice likes plastic (b) the straw is hot (c) air pushes it up (d) the straw is magnetic
- 17.True or false: a balloon is not needed for the card-on-a-glass trick. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the card-on-a-glass trick? (a) a glass of water (b) a towel (c) yeast (d) a sink or a bucket
- 19.True or false: a magnetic pin holder works by magnetism. (a) False (b) True
- 20.True or false: a medicine dropper works by magnetism. (a) False (b) True
- 21.True or false: a towel is needed for the card-on-a-glass trick. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a medicine dropper (b) a magnetic pin holder (c) a suction hook (d) a vacuum cleaner
- 23.🥛 Does a medicine dropper work by air pressure or by magnetism? (a) air pressure (b) magnetism
- 24.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for the card-on-a-glass trick. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🧺 Which of these is needed for the card-on-a-glass trick? (a) a balloon (b) a battery cell (c) yeast (d) a glass of water
- 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 card”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
- 27.🧺 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 sink or a bucket (d) a glass of water
- 28.🥛 Does a fridge magnet work by air pressure or by magnetism? (a) air pressure (b) magnetism
- 29.🥛 Which of these works by magnetism? (a) a vacuum cleaner (b) a fridge magnet (c) a bicycle pump (d) a drinking straw
- 30.⚖️ 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
- 31.🥛 Does a vacuum cleaner work by air pressure or by magnetism? (a) magnetism (b) air pressure
- 32.⚖️ 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
- 33.🧺 Which of these is needed for the card-on-a-glass trick? (a) a balloon (b) turmeric powder (c) yeast (d) a sink or a bucket
- 34.True or false: turmeric powder is needed for the card-on-a-glass trick. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🧺 Which of these is needed for the card-on-a-glass trick? (a) a magnet (b) a balloon (c) a mirror (d) a stiff postcard
- 36.True or false: a medicine dropper works by air pressure. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🧺 Three of these are needed for the card-on-a-glass trick. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a glass of water (b) turmeric powder (c) a sink or a bucket (d) a stiff postcard
- 38.True or false: a mirror is not needed for the card-on-a-glass trick. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the card-on-a-glass trick? (a) a towel (b) a glass of water (c) a sink or a bucket (d) a magnet
- 40.🥛 Which of these works by air pressure? (a) a magnetic pin holder (b) a fridge magnet (c) a medicine dropper (d) a magnetic chess set
Answer key
- a towel
- it will not break
- turmeric powder
- air pressure
- a bicycle pump
- True
- we change it
- over a sink or bucket
- how full the glass is
- a magnetic pin holder
- not needed
- not needed
- False
- not needed
- air pressure
- air pushes it up
- True
- yeast
- True
- False
- True
- a magnetic pin holder
- air pressure
- True
- a glass of water
- we keep it the same
- a magnet
- magnetism
- a fridge magnet
- True
- air pressure
- False
- a sink or a bucket
- False
- a stiff postcard
- True
- turmeric powder
- True
- a magnet
- a medicine dropper
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