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Floating and Sinking Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 1: Floating and sinking · Set 573 · 40 questions
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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.

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  1. 1.🛟 Does a feather float or sink in water? (a) floats (b) sinks
  2. 2.True or false: a results table is not needed for the float-or-sink test. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🧺 Three of these are needed for the float-or-sink test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) small test objects (b) a tub of water (c) a magnet (d) a results table
  4. 4.🧺 Do we need yeast for the float-or-sink test? (a) needed (b) not needed
  5. 5.True or false: a tub of water is needed for the float-or-sink test. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.⚖️ Fair test — does the shape of a lump of clay change whether it floats? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) whether it floats (b) the kind of clay (c) the amount of clay (d) the shape of the clay
  7. 7.🔮 A cork floats in tap water. What happens in very salty water? (a) it dissolves (b) it still floats (c) it turns white (d) it sinks
  8. 8.⚖️ 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
  9. 9.🧺 Three of these are needed for the float-or-sink test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a tub of water (b) a battery cell (c) a results table (d) a towel for spills
  10. 10.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the float-or-sink test? (a) a towel for spills (b) a results table (c) a tub of water (d) yeast
  11. 11.True or false: small test objects is needed for the float-or-sink test. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the float-or-sink test? (a) a results table (b) turmeric powder (c) a towel for spills (d) small test objects
  13. 13.True or false: a glass marble sinks in water. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: an iron nail floats on water. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🛟 Which of these sinks in water? (a) a dry leaf (b) an empty capped bottle (c) a coin (d) a piece of thermocol
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a feather (b) a coin (c) a ping-pong ball (d) a cork
  17. 17.🔮 A big log and a small pebble go into a pond. Which one floats? (a) both of them (b) the small pebble (c) the big log (d) neither of them
  18. 18.🧺 Three of these are needed for the float-or-sink test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a balloon (b) small test objects (c) a results table (d) a towel for spills
  19. 19.True or false: a coin floats on water. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: a glass marble floats on water. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🧺 Do we need a towel for spills for the float-or-sink test? (a) needed (b) not needed
  22. 22.⚖️ 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 change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an ice-cream stick (b) an empty capped bottle (c) a dry leaf (d) an iron nail
  24. 24.⚖️ Fair test — does the shape of a lump of clay change whether it floats? What do we do with “the amount of clay”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
  25. 25.⚖️ Fair test — does the shape of a lump of clay change whether it floats? True or false: the amount of clay is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧺 Which of these is needed for the float-or-sink test? (a) a magnet (b) turmeric powder (c) a battery cell (d) a tub of water
  27. 27.🛟 Which of these floats on water? (a) a glass marble (b) a cork (c) an iron nail (d) a pebble
  28. 28.🔍 You drop a coin into a tub of water. What do you see? (a) it dissolves (b) it floats (c) it bounces up (d) it sinks
  29. 29.🛟 Does an ice-cream stick float or sink in water? (a) floats (b) sinks
  30. 30.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the float-or-sink test? (a) a balloon (b) a results table (c) small test objects (d) a towel for spills
  31. 31.⚖️ Fair test — does the shape of a lump of clay change whether it floats? True or false: whether it floats is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: a ball of clay floats on water. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🛟 Does a ball of clay float or sink in water? (a) sinks (b) floats
  34. 34.🧺 Three of these are needed for the float-or-sink test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) small test objects (b) a tub of water (c) a mirror (d) a results table
  35. 35.🛟 Does a dry leaf float or sink in water? (a) sinks (b) floats
  36. 36.🥚 A fresh egg sinks in plain water. What makes it float? (a) lots of salt stirred in (b) a little shaking (c) more plain water (d) a few ice cubes
  37. 37.⚖️ Fair test — does the shape of a lump of clay change whether it floats? True or false: the tub of water is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ball of clay (b) an ice cube (c) a pebble (d) a glass marble
  39. 39.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the float-or-sink test? (a) needed (b) not needed
  40. 40.🧺 Do we need small test objects for the float-or-sink test? (a) not needed (b) needed

Answer key

  1. floats
  2. False
  3. a magnet
  4. not needed
  5. True
  6. the shape of the clay
  7. it still floats
  8. True
  9. a battery cell
  10. yeast
  11. True
  12. turmeric powder
  13. True
  14. False
  15. a coin
  16. a coin
  17. the big log
  18. a balloon
  19. False
  20. False
  21. needed
  22. we change it
  23. an iron nail
  24. we keep it the same
  25. True
  26. a tub of water
  27. a cork
  28. it sinks
  29. floats
  30. a balloon
  31. False
  32. False
  33. sinks
  34. a mirror
  35. floats
  36. lots of salt stirred in
  37. False
  38. an ice cube
  39. not needed
  40. needed

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