Floating and Sinking Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 1: Floating and sinking · Set 54 · 40 questions

What you do (Float or sink?): 1. Fill a tub with water on a towel, with an adult nearby. 2. Guess “float” or “sink” for each object and write it in a table. 3. Gently place each object on the water and write what happens. 4. Press the sinking clay into a boat shape and try again; wipe up spills.

1. 1.🧺 Three of these are needed for the float-or-sink test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a towel for spills (b) a results table (c) a battery cell (d) a tub of water
2. 2.🛟 Which of these sinks in water? (a) an ice-cream stick (b) a glass marble (c) a ping-pong ball (d) a cork
3. 3.🧺 Do we need small test objects for the float-or-sink test? (a) not needed (b) needed
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an ice-cream stick (b) a dry leaf (c) a ball of clay (d) a feather
5. 5.True or false: a towel for spills is not needed for the float-or-sink test. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🛟 Which of these floats on water? (a) a ping-pong ball (b) a steel spoon (c) a glass marble (d) a coin
7. 7.🧺 Three of these are needed for the float-or-sink test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a results table (b) a balloon (c) a tub of water (d) a towel for spills
8. 8.🧺 Do we need yeast for the float-or-sink test? (a) not needed (b) needed
9. 9.⚖️ Fair test — does the shape of a lump of clay change whether it floats? True or false: the amount of clay is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🧺 Do we need a tub of water for the float-or-sink test? (a) needed (b) not needed
11. 11.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the float-or-sink test? (a) a tub of water (b) small test objects (c) a towel for spills (d) a battery cell
12. 12.🛟 Does a feather float or sink in water? (a) sinks (b) floats
13. 13.🛟 Which of these floats on water? (a) a feather (b) a ball of clay (c) a glass marble (d) a pebble
14. 14.⚖️ Fair test — does the shape of a lump of clay change whether it floats? True or false: the amount of clay is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the float-or-sink test? (a) a balloon (b) a towel for spills (c) a results table (d) a tub of water
16. 16.⚖️ Fair test — does the shape of a lump of clay change whether it floats? True or false: the tub of water is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.⚖️ Fair test — does the shape of a lump of clay change whether it floats? Which of these is kept the same? (a) whether it floats (b) the shape of the clay (c) the kind of clay
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an ice-cream stick (b) an iron nail (c) an ice cube (d) a feather
19. 19.🧺 Three of these are needed for the float-or-sink test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a tub of water (b) small test objects (c) a results table (d) turmeric powder
20. 20.⚖️ Fair test — does the shape of a lump of clay change whether it floats? True or false: whether it floats is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.⚖️ Fair test — does the shape of a lump of clay change whether it floats? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the tub of water (b) the amount of clay (c) whether it floats (d) the kind of clay
22. 22.🔮 A big log and a small pebble go into a pond. Which one floats? (a) the small pebble (b) neither of them (c) both of them (d) the big log
23. 23.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the float-or-sink test? (a) needed (b) not needed
24. 24.🧺 Which of these is needed for the float-or-sink test? (a) a magnet (b) a mirror (c) turmeric powder (d) small test objects
25. 25.⚖️ Fair test — does the shape of a lump of clay change whether it floats? True or false: the shape of the clay is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔮 Predict: an empty capped bottle floats. What happens if you fill it with sand? (a) it melts (b) it floats higher (c) it turns blue (d) it sinks
27. 27.⚖️ Fair test — does the shape of a lump of clay change whether it floats? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the shape of the clay (b) the kind of clay (c) whether it floats (d) the tub of water
28. 28.🛟 Why should a grown-up watch when children play near a big tub of water? (a) to splash everyone (b) to keep children safe (c) to win a prize (d) to hide the corks
29. 29.🧺 Three of these are needed for the float-or-sink test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a magnet (b) a results table (c) a tub of water (d) a towel for spills
30. 30.⚖️ Fair test — does the shape of a lump of clay change whether it floats? What do we do with “the shape of the clay”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
31. 31.True or false: turmeric powder is needed for the float-or-sink test. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for the float-or-sink test? (a) needed (b) not needed
33. 33.🧺 Which of these is needed for the float-or-sink test? (a) a towel for spills (b) yeast (c) a battery cell (d) a mirror
34. 34.True or false: a balloon is needed for the float-or-sink test. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧺 Three of these are needed for the float-or-sink test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) small test objects (b) yeast (c) a tub of water (d) a towel for spills
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a glass marble (b) a dry leaf (c) a coin (d) a pebble
37. 37.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for the float-or-sink test? (a) not needed (b) needed
38. 38.🛟 Which of these sinks in water? (a) an empty capped bottle (b) a pebble (c) a cork (d) a dry leaf
39. 39.⚖️ Fair test — does the shape of a lump of clay change whether it floats? What do we do with “the tub of water”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a metal key (b) a coin (c) a feather (d) a steel spoon

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