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.True or false: a big bowl is needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🧺 Which of these is needed for the float-or-sink test? (a) a tub of water (b) a mirror (c) a balloon (d) a magnet
- 3.True or false: a pond icing over is condensation. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the coloured flower experiment? (a) food colour (b) a balloon (c) a few hours of waiting (d) a white flower
- 5.🧺 Do we need small test objects for the float-or-sink test? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 6.🍯 Which of these is denser than water? (a) cooking oil (b) a pebble (c) an ice cube (d) a cork
- 7.🧺 Which of these is needed for the water rainbow? (a) turmeric powder (b) a battery cell (c) bright sunlight (d) a balloon
- 8.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the card-on-a-glass trick? (a) a towel (b) a glass of water (c) a magnet (d) a sink or a bucket
- 9.⚖️ Fair test — do the layers end up in the same order if we pour the liquids in a different order? What do we do with “how much of each liquid”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
- 10.🔮 Predict: does stirring make sugar dissolve faster or slower? (a) slower (b) not at all (c) faster (d) the same
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fridge magnet (b) a suction hook (c) a vacuum cleaner (d) a bicycle pump
- 12.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the card-on-a-glass trick? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 13.🧺 Do we need a magnet for the float-or-sink test? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 14.🧺 Do we need a big bowl for the water cycle bowl? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 15.⚖️ 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 amount of clay
- 16.🛟 Which of these floats on water? (a) a ping-pong ball (b) a ball of clay (c) a pebble (d) a steel spoon
- 17.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the coloured flower experiment? (a) a white flower (b) yeast (c) a glass of water (d) a few hours of waiting
- 18.🥛 Does a suction hook work by air pressure or by magnetism? (a) magnetism (b) air pressure
- 19.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 20.⚖️ Fair test — does a bigger balloon go farther along the string? What do we do with “the same straw”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
- 21.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water rainbow. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a battery cell (b) a clear glass of water (c) a sunny window (d) bright sunlight
- 22.True or false: sugar in warm water dissolves faster. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🧺 Which of these is needed for the water rainbow? (a) turmeric powder (b) a sunny window (c) yeast (d) a magnet
- 24.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the paper clip”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
- 25.🔮 Why do we try the card trick over a sink or a bucket? (a) to catch any spills (b) to make it rain (c) to grow plants (d) to cool the glass
- 26.True or false: sweat drying on skin is evaporation. (a) True (b) False
- 27.⚖️ Fair test — does the card stay on with a full glass and with a half-full glass? Which of these is kept the same? (a) how full the glass is (b) the same card (c) whether the card stays
- 28.🛟 Why should a grown-up watch when children play near a big tub of water? (a) to keep children safe (b) to win a prize (c) to splash everyone (d) to hide the corks
- 29.True or false: a mirror is needed for the balloon rocket. (a) False (b) True
- 30.True or false: water a swimmer pushes goes backward. (a) True (b) False
- 31.True or false: a ping-pong ball is less dense than water. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🔮 Predict: a bowl of water is left uncovered in the hot sun all day. What happens? (a) it turns to ice (b) the water increases (c) some water evaporates (d) it turns to salt
- 33.🛟 Which rule keeps you safe when working with sunlight? (a) never look at the Sun (b) stare at the Sun (c) look at it through glass (d) look at it in a mirror
- 34.⚖️ Fair test — does sugar dissolve faster in warm water or in cold water? True or false: time to dissolve is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
- 35.💧 Which of these does not let water climb? (a) a strip of cloth (b) a cotton thread (c) a paper towel (d) a rubber eraser
- 36.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for the coloured flower experiment? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 37.True or false: a stiff postcard is not needed for the card-on-a-glass trick. (a) True (b) False
- 38.📘 Air presses on everything around us. What is this push called? (a) friction (b) magnetism (c) sunlight (d) air pressure
- 39.True or false: a metal key sinks in water. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🛟 Why is a plastic cup safer than a glass for small children here? (a) it is heavier (b) it is hotter (c) it is magnetic (d) it will not break
Answer key
- True
- a tub of water
- False
- a balloon
- needed
- a pebble
- bright sunlight
- a magnet
- we keep it the same
- faster
- a fridge magnet
- not needed
- not needed
- needed
- the amount of clay
- a ping-pong ball
- yeast
- air pressure
- not needed
- we keep it the same
- a battery cell
- True
- a sunny window
- we keep it the same
- to catch any spills
- True
- the same card
- to keep children safe
- False
- True
- True
- some water evaporates
- never look at the Sun
- True
- a rubber eraser
- not needed
- False
- air pressure
- True
- it will not break
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