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: yeast is needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🔮 Predict: a stem is split in two, one half in red water and one in blue. What do the petals do? (a) they all turn green (b) they fall off at once (c) they stay white (d) they turn two colours
- 3.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the dissolving test? (a) sugar (b) cotton wool (c) warm water (d) two clear glasses
- 4.🥄 Does sugar stirred well dissolve faster or slower? (a) slower (b) faster
- 5.🔮 A big log and a small pebble go into a pond. Which one floats? (a) neither of them (b) the small pebble (c) both of them (d) the big log
- 6.🧺 Do we need a mirror for the coloured flower experiment? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 7.🛟 Why should we wipe up spilled oil at once? (a) oil turns into honey (b) oil makes it rain (c) spilled oil is slippery (d) oil attracts magnets
- 8.🔮 Predict: you squeeze an empty plastic bottle with its cap screwed on tight. Why is it hard? (a) the bottle is magnetic (b) air inside pushes back (c) water is hiding there (d) the cap is sticky
- 9.🧺 Do we need a results table for the float-or-sink test? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 10.⚖️ Fair test — does a bowl in the sun make more drops than a bowl in the shade? True or false: the time we wait is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a steel spoon (c) a stone (d) a toy parachute
- 12.True or false: the rocket goes backward. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🧺 Which of these is needed for the water rainbow? (a) turmeric powder (b) a magnet (c) yeast (d) bright sunlight
- 14.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is kept the same? (a) time to reach the floor (b) the length of the blades (c) the person dropping
- 15.🧺 Three of these are needed for the card-on-a-glass trick. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a glass of water (b) a stiff postcard (c) a balloon (d) a towel
- 16.True or false: a sheet of white paper is needed for the water rainbow. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for the density tower? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 18.⚖️ Fair test — does a bigger balloon go farther along the string? What do we do with “distance it travels”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
- 19.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a glass marble (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) a coin (d) an open sheet of paper
- 20.🥛 Which of these works by magnetism? (a) a fridge magnet (b) a drinking straw (c) a bicycle pump (d) a vacuum cleaner
- 21.🧺 Which of these is needed for the coloured flower experiment? (a) a glass of water (b) turmeric powder (c) a battery cell (d) yeast
- 22.🧺 Do we need a magnet for the balloon rocket? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 23.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) water (b) sunlight (c) a magnet (d) cling film
- 24.True or false: a dry leaf sinks in water. (a) False (b) True
- 25.True or false: a bicycle pump works by magnetism. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🛟 Why should you not over-blow the balloon? (a) it can pop loudly (b) it turns into a kite (c) it gets too heavy (d) it changes colour
- 27.⚖️ Fair test — does the amount of water in the glass change how bright the rainbow is? What do we do with “the time of day”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
- 28.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the dissolving test? (a) warm water (b) honey (c) cold water (d) two clear glasses
- 29.🧺 Do we need honey for the dissolving test? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 30.🚀 Which of these goes forward? (a) water from the oars (b) gas from the rocket (c) the swimmer (d) air from the balloon
- 31.🧺 Which of these is needed for the dissolving test? (a) cotton wool (b) a balloon (c) a magnet (d) warm water
- 32.🧺 Three of these are needed for the dissolving test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) sugar (b) cotton wool (c) cold water (d) two clear glasses
- 33.⚖️ Fair test — does the amount of water in the glass change how bright the rainbow is? True or false: the amount of water is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 34.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a coin (b) a paper helicopter (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a feather
- 35.🧺 Do we need a tub of water for the float-or-sink test? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 36.⚖️ Fair test — does the amount of water in the glass change how bright the rainbow is? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the amount of water (b) the same glass (c) brightness of rainbow
- 37.⚖️ 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 “the same glass”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an open sheet of paper (b) a stone (c) a paper helicopter (d) a fluff of cotton
- 39.📘 What do we call light bending as it passes from air into water? (a) evaporation (b) reflection (c) magnetism (d) refraction
- 40.🥤 Why does juice go up a drinking straw when you sip? (a) the straw is magnetic (b) juice likes plastic (c) air pushes it up (d) the straw is hot
Answer key
- False
- they turn two colours
- cotton wool
- faster
- the big log
- not needed
- spilled oil is slippery
- air inside pushes back
- needed
- True
- a toy parachute
- False
- bright sunlight
- the person dropping
- a balloon
- True
- not needed
- we measure it
- an open sheet of paper
- a fridge magnet
- a glass of water
- not needed
- a magnet
- False
- False
- it can pop loudly
- we keep it the same
- honey
- not needed
- the swimmer
- warm water
- cotton wool
- False
- a coin
- needed
- the same glass
- we keep it the same
- a stone
- refraction
- air pushes it up
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