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.🚀 In “push back, move forward”, which way does water a swimmer pushes go? (a) goes forward (b) goes backward
- 2.🔍 What do you see a day after a white flower stands in blue water? (a) the flower floats away (b) the petals turn bluish (c) the water turns green (d) the stem turns to ice
- 3.🚀 In “push back, move forward”, which way does gas from the rocket go? (a) goes backward (b) goes forward
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sugar (b) table salt (c) food colour (d) sand
- 5.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) safety scissors (b) sharp kitchen shears (c) a paper cutter (d) gardening shears
- 6.🛟 Why should you not over-blow the balloon? (a) it changes colour (b) it turns into a kite (c) it gets too heavy (d) it can pop loudly
- 7.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water rainbow. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a sheet of white paper (b) a clear glass of water (c) a mirror (d) a sunny window
- 8.🥄 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) cooking oil (b) chalk powder (c) sugar (d) sawdust
- 9.🚀 Which of these goes backward? (a) the swimmer (b) the rocket (c) gas from the rocket (d) the balloon
- 10.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water rainbow. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a sunny window (b) a clear glass of water (c) a sheet of white paper (d) yeast
- 11.🛟 Why should we wipe up spilled oil at once? (a) spilled oil is slippery (b) oil makes it rain (c) oil turns into honey (d) oil attracts magnets
- 12.⚖️ Fair test — does the card stay on with a full glass and with a half-full glass? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the same card (b) how full the glass is (c) the same glass (d) whether the card stays
- 13.True or false: a coin is less dense than water. (a) False (b) True
- 14.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the paper clip”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
- 15.🧺 Do we need a clock or timer for the dissolving test? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 16.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a feather fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
- 17.🥛 Which of these works by air pressure? (a) a magnetic chess set (b) a fridge magnet (c) a compass needle (d) a medicine dropper
- 18.🥛 Why is it best to fill the glass right to the top? (a) it looks nicer (b) little air left inside (c) water is heavier (d) the card gets wet
- 19.🧺 Three of these are needed for the balloon rocket. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a drinking straw (b) sticky tape (c) a balloon (d) yeast
- 20.🛟 Why should the glass of water stand on a steady, flat place? (a) so the Sun moves (b) so it turns blue (c) so it gets hot (d) so it does not fall
- 21.🛟 Does a cork float or sink in water? (a) floats (b) sinks
- 22.⚖️ Fair test — does colour reach the petals faster with a short stem or a long stem? Which of these is what we measure? (a) time for colour to show (b) the length of the stem (c) the amount of colour (d) the room it stands in
- 23.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the water rainbow? (a) bright sunlight (b) a balloon (c) a sunny window (d) a clear glass of water
- 24.🥄 Which of these dissolves faster? (a) sugar in warm water (b) sugar left unstirred (c) sugar in icy water (d) a big sugar cube
- 25.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a steel spoon fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
- 26.⚖️ Fair test — does a bowl in the sun make more drops than a bowl in the shade? True or false: the amount of water is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🧺 Three of these are needed for the density tower. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a tall clear glass (b) water with food colour (c) honey (d) a mirror
- 28.🧺 Do we need yeast for the float-or-sink test? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 29.🧺 Which of these is needed for the balloon rocket? (a) a magnet (b) turmeric powder (c) sticky tape (d) a battery cell
- 30.⚖️ Fair test — does sugar dissolve faster in warm water or in cold water? True or false: the stirring is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
- 31.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the coloured flower experiment? (a) yeast (b) a few hours of waiting (c) a glass of water (d) food colour
- 32.🧺 Which of these is needed for the dissolving test? (a) a magnet (b) a balloon (c) cotton wool (d) cold water
- 33.💧 Which of these lets water climb up it? (a) a flower stem (b) a plastic ruler (c) a glass marble (d) a piece of foil
- 34.🔮 Predict: the string slopes uphill. What happens? (a) it goes backward first (b) it travels less far (c) it speeds up (d) it travels farther
- 35.🧺 Do we need cling film for the water cycle bowl? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 36.⚖️ Fair test — does a bigger balloon go farther along the string? What do we do with “the same tape”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
- 37.⚖️ Fair test — do the layers end up in the same order if we pour the liquids in a different order? True or false: the order of the layers is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🧺 Do we need a tub of water for the float-or-sink test? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 39.⚖️ Fair test — does sugar dissolve faster in warm water or in cold water? What do we do with “the stirring”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
- 40.⚖️ Fair test — does a bigger balloon go farther along the string? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the same string (b) the same tape (c) the same straw (d) how big we blow it
Answer key
- goes backward
- the petals turn bluish
- goes backward
- sand
- safety scissors
- it can pop loudly
- a mirror
- sugar
- gas from the rocket
- yeast
- spilled oil is slippery
- whether the card stays
- False
- we keep it the same
- needed
- falls slowly
- a medicine dropper
- little air left inside
- yeast
- so it does not fall
- floats
- time for colour to show
- a balloon
- sugar in warm water
- falls fast
- True
- a mirror
- not needed
- sticky tape
- False
- yeast
- cold water
- a flower stem
- it travels less far
- needed
- we keep it the same
- False
- needed
- we keep it the same
- how big we blow it
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