Floating and Sinking Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 1: Floating and sinking · Set 764 · 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.🧺 Do we need a towel for spills for the float-or-sink test? (a) not needed (b) needed
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a piece of thermocol (b) a coin (c) a steel spoon (d) an iron nail
3. 3.🛟 Does a ping-pong ball float or sink in water? (a) sinks (b) floats
4. 4.🛟 Which of these floats on water? (a) an ice-cream stick (b) an iron nail (c) a pebble (d) a steel spoon
5. 5.🧺 Which of these is needed for the float-or-sink test? (a) small test objects (b) a magnet (c) a balloon (d) turmeric powder
6. 6.⚖️ Fair test — does the shape of a lump of clay change whether it floats? True or false: the kind of clay is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: small test objects is needed for the float-or-sink test. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🧺 Which of these is needed for the float-or-sink test? (a) turmeric powder (b) a magnet (c) yeast (d) a towel for spills
9. 9.🧺 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) small test objects
10. 10.🛟 Which of these sinks in water? (a) a piece of thermocol (b) a ping-pong ball (c) a metal key (d) a feather
11. 11.🛟 Does a dry leaf float or sink in water? (a) floats (b) sinks
12. 12.🔍 You drop a coin into a tub of water. What do you see? (a) it bounces up (b) it dissolves (c) it floats (d) it sinks
13. 13.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for the float-or-sink test? (a) needed (b) not needed
14. 14.True or false: yeast is not needed for the float-or-sink test. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🛟 Which of these floats on water? (a) a ball of clay (b) a metal key (c) an empty capped bottle (d) a coin
16. 16.🧺 Do we need a magnet for the float-or-sink test? (a) not needed (b) needed
17. 17.🔮 Predict: an empty capped bottle floats. What happens if you fill it with sand? (a) it sinks (b) it melts (c) it floats higher (d) it turns blue
18. 18.⚖️ 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 tub of water (b) the kind of clay (c) the amount of clay (d) the shape of the clay
19. 19.🛟 Does a piece of thermocol float or sink in water? (a) sinks (b) floats
20. 20.⚖️ 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 change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a metal key (b) a ping-pong ball (c) an ice-cream stick (d) a feather
22. 22.True or false: a cork floats on water. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.⚖️ 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 measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
24. 24.True or false: turmeric powder is needed for the float-or-sink test. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🧺 Three of these are needed for the float-or-sink test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a results table (b) small test objects (c) a mirror (d) a towel for spills
26. 26.⚖️ Fair test — does the shape of a lump of clay change whether it floats? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the tub of water (b) whether it floats (c) the shape of the clay
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an ice cube (b) a piece of thermocol (c) a coin (d) an empty capped bottle
28. 28.⚖️ 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) False (b) True
29. 29.🔮 A cork floats in tap water. What happens in very salty water? (a) it sinks (b) it dissolves (c) it still floats (d) it turns white
30. 30.⚖️ Fair test — does the shape of a lump of clay change whether it floats? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the shape of the clay (b) whether it floats (c) the amount of clay (d) the kind of clay
31. 31.🚢 Why can a heavy steel ship float on the sea? (a) sea water is warm (b) its hollow shape (c) it has a magnet (d) steel is very light
32. 32.True or false: a piece of thermocol floats on water. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🛟 Does a pebble float or sink in water? (a) floats (b) sinks
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a metal key (b) a ball of clay (c) a ping-pong ball (d) a steel spoon
35. 35.🧺 Three of these are needed for the float-or-sink test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a results table (b) a towel for spills (c) small test objects (d) turmeric powder
36. 36.🔮 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
37. 37.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the float-or-sink test? (a) needed (b) not needed
38. 38.🧺 Do we need a tub of water for the float-or-sink test? (a) not needed (b) needed
39. 39.🧺 Do we need small test objects for the float-or-sink test? (a) not needed (b) needed
40. 40.🛟 Does an iron nail float or sink in water? (a) sinks (b) floats

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