Water and Air Experiments Test Worksheet
What you do (Find the experiment, use the idea): 1. Read the question and find its experiment. 2. Use that experiment’s idea — density, dissolving, capillary action, light bending, air pressure, push-back, air resistance or condensation. 3. For a fair-test question, find what is changed, kept the same and measured. 4. For a safety question, choose what keeps everyone safe.
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- 1.🛟 What should you do with popped balloon pieces? (a) chew them (b) give them to a baby (c) keep them in your mouth (d) throw them away safely
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) table salt (b) cooking oil (c) small pebbles (d) chalk powder
- 3.True or false: a piece of thermocol sinks in water. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🥛 Which of these works by air pressure? (a) a compass needle (b) a magnetic chess set (c) a suction hook (d) a fridge magnet
- 5.🥄 Which of these dissolves faster? (a) sugar left unstirred (b) sugar in icy water (c) powdered sugar (d) a big sugar cube
- 6.🧺 Do we need a sheet of white paper for the water rainbow? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 7.🧺 Do we need a white flower for the coloured flower experiment? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 8.True or false: cling film is needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🎈 Air rushes out of the back of the balloon. Which way does the balloon move? (a) it stays still (b) forward (c) straight down (d) backward
- 10.⚖️ Fair test — does a bowl in the sun make more drops than a bowl in the shade? Which of these is what we measure? (a) sun or shade (b) how many drops form (c) the time we wait (d) the size of the bowl
- 11.🧺 Which of these is needed for the water rainbow? (a) a balloon (b) a battery cell (c) a clear glass of water (d) a mirror
- 12.⚖️ Fair test — does a bigger balloon go farther along the string? What do we do with “the same straw”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
- 13.🛟 Why should only a grown-up handle any hot water? (a) hot water is magnetic (b) hot water is heavy (c) hot water can scald (d) it changes colour
- 14.⚖️ Fair test — does a bigger balloon go farther along the string? What do we do with “the same string”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
- 15.True or false: the swimmer goes backward. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) the crumpled ball (b) neither of them (c) a sheet of glass (d) the flat sheet
- 17.🔮 Predict: does stirring make sugar dissolve faster or slower? (a) faster (b) slower (c) the same (d) not at all
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pebble (b) cooking oil (c) honey (d) a coin
- 19.⚖️ Fair test — do the layers end up in the same order if we pour the liquids in a different order? True or false: the same glass is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🔮 Predict: you gently drop a small cork into the tower. Where does it stop? (a) in the water layer (b) in the honey layer (c) on top of the oil (d) under the honey
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ping-pong ball (b) honey (c) a coin (d) a pebble
- 22.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a paper helicopter fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
- 23.🧺 Do we need two chairs for the balloon rocket? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 24.🛟 Which rule keeps you safe when working with sunlight? (a) look at it through glass (b) look at it in a mirror (c) never look at the Sun (d) stare at the Sun
- 25.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the water rainbow? (a) a sunny window (b) a clear glass of water (c) a sheet of white paper (d) a battery cell
- 26.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the balloon rocket? (a) sticky tape (b) a mirror (c) a balloon (d) two chairs
- 27.⚖️ Fair test — does the amount of water in the glass change how bright the rainbow is? What do we do with “the amount of water”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
- 28.🛟 Does a cork float or sink in water? (a) sinks (b) floats
- 29.🧺 Three of these are needed for the card-on-a-glass trick. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a glass of water (b) a battery cell (c) a towel (d) a sink or a bucket
- 30.🧺 Which of these is needed for the balloon rocket? (a) yeast (b) a battery cell (c) vinegar (d) a long string
- 31.True or false: a dry leaf floats on water. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🔮 Predict: you keep adding sugar to a small glass of water and stirring. What happens in the end? (a) all of it dissolves (b) the water turns solid (c) the sugar turns to salt (d) some stays undissolved
- 33.🛟 Which is a safe rule for the balloon rocket? (a) keep it away from faces (b) aim it at your friend (c) blow it till it bursts (d) put string round a neck
- 34.True or false: a paper helicopter falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🧺 Three of these are needed for the balloon rocket. Which one is NOT needed? (a) two chairs (b) turmeric powder (c) a balloon (d) sticky tape
- 36.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a pencil (b) a strip of paper (c) a ruler (d) turmeric powder
- 37.🌈 In a rainbow in the sky, which colour is on the inside (bottom) edge? (a) orange (b) red (c) violet (d) yellow
- 38.🧺 Do we need a stiff postcard for the card-on-a-glass trick? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 39.⚖️ Fair test — does a bigger balloon go farther along the string? True or false: the same string is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🧺 Which of these is needed for the float-or-sink test? (a) a towel for spills (b) a battery cell (c) a mirror (d) a magnet
Answer key
- throw them away safely
- table salt
- False
- a suction hook
- powdered sugar
- needed
- needed
- True
- forward
- how many drops form
- a clear glass of water
- we keep it the same
- hot water can scald
- we keep it the same
- False
- the crumpled ball
- faster
- cooking oil
- True
- on top of the oil
- a ping-pong ball
- falls slowly
- needed
- never look at the Sun
- a battery cell
- a mirror
- we change it
- floats
- a battery cell
- a long string
- True
- some stays undissolved
- keep it away from faces
- True
- turmeric powder
- turmeric powder
- violet
- needed
- False
- a towel for spills
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