Floating and Sinking Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 1: Floating and sinking · Set 89 · 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.🛟 Does a pebble float or sink in water? (a) floats (b) sinks
2. 2.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the float-or-sink test? (a) a towel for spills (b) a magnet (c) a tub of water (d) a results table
3. 3.True or false: a mirror is needed for the float-or-sink test. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we measure it
5. 5.🧺 Which of these is needed for the float-or-sink test? (a) a results table (b) a magnet (c) a battery cell (d) a mirror
6. 6.🧊 Why does an ice cube float on water? (a) water is sticky (b) ice is magnetic (c) ice is less dense (d) ice is very cold
7. 7.⚖️ 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 shape of the clay (c) the kind of clay (d) whether it floats
8. 8.⚖️ 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) False (b) True
9. 9.⚖️ Fair test — does the shape of a lump of clay change whether it floats? What do we do with “the kind of clay”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
10. 10.True or false: a tub of water is needed for the float-or-sink test. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🧺 Do we need small test objects for the float-or-sink test? (a) needed (b) not needed
12. 12.🧺 Which of these is needed for the float-or-sink test? (a) yeast (b) a towel for spills (c) a mirror (d) turmeric powder
13. 13.True or false: a dry leaf floats on water. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔮 A ball of clay sinks. What happens if you press it into a thin boat shape? (a) it turns to stone (b) it dissolves (c) it sinks faster (d) it can float
15. 15.True or false: small test objects is not needed for the float-or-sink test. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: a coin floats on water. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ping-pong ball (b) a coin (c) a cork (d) an empty capped bottle
18. 18.🛟 Which of these floats on water? (a) an iron nail (b) a steel spoon (c) a ping-pong ball (d) a metal key
19. 19.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the float-or-sink test? (a) a towel for spills (b) a tub of water (c) a results table (d) a battery cell
20. 20.⚖️ 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) the kind of clay (c) the amount of clay (d) whether it floats
21. 21.🛟 Which of these floats on water? (a) an ice-cream stick (b) a coin (c) a metal key (d) a steel spoon
22. 22.🧺 Three of these are needed for the float-or-sink test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a tub of water (b) a results table (c) a balloon (d) small test objects
23. 23.⚖️ 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
24. 24.⚖️ Fair test — does the shape of a lump of clay change whether it floats? True or false: the shape of the clay is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🧺 Do we need yeast for the float-or-sink test? (a) needed (b) not needed
26. 26.⚖️ Fair test — does the shape of a lump of clay change whether it floats? What do we do with “whether it floats”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
27. 27.🧺 Three of these are needed for the float-or-sink test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a results table (b) a tub of water (c) a towel for spills (d) turmeric powder
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pebble (b) an ice cube (c) a metal key (d) a ball of clay
29. 29.True or false: an ice cube sinks in water. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔮 A big log and a small pebble go into a pond. Which one floats? (a) neither of them (b) the small pebble (c) the big log (d) both of them
31. 31.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the float-or-sink test? (a) yeast (b) a towel for spills (c) small test objects (d) a tub of water
32. 32.⚖️ 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 change it (c) we keep it the same
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a piece of thermocol (b) a pebble (c) an empty capped bottle (d) a dry leaf
34. 34.🛟 Does a ball of clay float or sink in water? (a) sinks (b) floats
35. 35.True or false: a ball of clay sinks in water. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.⚖️ Fair test — does the shape of a lump of clay change whether it floats? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the shape of the clay (b) the amount of clay (c) whether it floats
37. 37.True or false: a metal key floats on water. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the float-or-sink test? (a) a tub of water (b) a towel for spills (c) a results table (d) a mirror
39. 39.🔮 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
40. 40.🧺 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) yeast (d) small test objects

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