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.🥄 Does a big sugar cube dissolve faster or slower? (a) slower (b) faster
- 2.⚖️ Fair test — does the amount of water in the glass change how bright the rainbow is? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the same glass (b) the same window (c) brightness of rainbow (d) the amount of water
- 3.🧺 Which of these is needed for the density tower? (a) yeast (b) a battery cell (c) a mirror (d) a tall clear glass
- 4.🌼 How does coloured water reach the petals? (a) through the air (b) it rains on them (c) through tiny stem tubes (d) it is sprayed on
- 5.True or false: a battery cell is not needed for the card-on-a-glass trick. (a) False (b) True
- 6.💧 In the covered bowl, where does the water vapour come from? (a) water warmed by the Sun (b) the bowl itself (c) the air outside (d) the cling film
- 7.🚁 Why do we clip a paper clip to the bottom of the helicopter? (a) to weigh down the bottom (b) to stop the spinning (c) to make it fall slower (d) to make it magnetic
- 8.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) sunlight (b) a big bowl (c) a magnet (d) cling film
- 9.🧺 Three of these are needed for the density tower. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a balloon (b) water with food colour (c) honey (d) cooking oil
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making ice lollies (b) water becoming ice (c) wet hair drying (d) a pond icing over
- 11.💧 Which of these is evaporation? (a) snow turning to water (b) a misty bathroom mirror (c) making ice lollies (d) wet clothes drying
- 12.⚖️ Fair test — does colour reach the petals faster with a short stem or a long stem? True or false: the length of the stem is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🧺 Which of these is needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) a balloon (b) a big bowl (c) a magnet (d) turmeric powder
- 14.⚖️ 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 shape of the clay (b) the amount of clay (c) the kind of clay (d) whether it floats
- 15.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the float-or-sink test? (a) turmeric powder (b) a tub of water (c) small test objects (d) a results table
- 16.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water rainbow. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a mirror (b) a sunny window (c) a clear glass of water (d) a sheet of white paper
- 17.🧺 Three of these are needed for the dissolving test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a teaspoon (b) warm water (c) sugar (d) honey
- 18.⚖️ Fair test — do the layers end up in the same order if we pour the liquids in a different order? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the same glass (b) the order of pouring (c) the same three liquids (d) the order of the layers
- 19.💧 Which change is this: butter going runny? (a) condensation (b) freezing (c) evaporation (d) melting
- 20.🛟 Why should we wipe up spilled oil at once? (a) oil attracts magnets (b) spilled oil is slippery (c) oil makes it rain (d) oil turns into honey
- 21.🔮 A big log and a small pebble go into a pond. Which one floats? (a) the small pebble (b) both of them (c) the big log (d) neither of them
- 22.🥄 Does sugar in warm water dissolve faster or slower? (a) slower (b) faster
- 23.🧺 Three of these are needed for the float-or-sink test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a towel for spills (b) small test objects (c) a tub of water (d) a mirror
- 24.🥛 Why is it best to fill the glass right to the top? (a) little air left inside (b) water is heavier (c) it looks nicer (d) the card gets wet
- 25.💧 Which of these lets water climb up it? (a) a piece of chalk (b) a piece of foil (c) a plastic ruler (d) a steel spoon
- 26.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the drop height”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cork (b) an iron nail (c) a steel spoon (d) a pebble
- 28.🛟 Does an ice cube float or sink in water? (a) floats (b) sinks
- 29.True or false: wet clothes drying is evaporation. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🔮 Predict: you put ice cubes on top of the cling film. What happens? (a) fewer drops form (b) the water turns red (c) the bowl freezes (d) more drops form
- 31.⚖️ Fair test — does the card stay on with a full glass and with a half-full glass? True or false: the same glass is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) a balloon (b) water (c) sunlight (d) a big bowl
- 33.⚖️ Fair test — does a bowl in the sun make more drops than a bowl in the shade? What do we do with “sun or shade”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
- 34.🧺 Which of these is needed for the density tower? (a) yeast (b) a mirror (c) water with food colour (d) turmeric powder
- 35.🛟 Which rule keeps you safe when working with sunlight? (a) stare at the Sun (b) look at it through glass (c) never look at the Sun (d) look at it in a mirror
- 36.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a strip of paper (b) a battery cell (c) a paper clip (d) a ruler
- 37.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the balloon rocket? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 38.⚖️ 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) the amount of water (c) the size of the bowl (d) how many drops form
- 39.🔮 A cork floats in tap water. What happens in very salty water? (a) it sinks (b) it turns white (c) it dissolves (d) it still floats
- 40.🔍 Sugar is stirred into water and seems to disappear. Where did it go? (a) it vanished for ever (b) it became air (c) it sank as sand (d) it spread in the water
Answer key
- slower
- brightness of rainbow
- a tall clear glass
- through tiny stem tubes
- True
- water warmed by the Sun
- to weigh down the bottom
- a magnet
- a balloon
- wet hair drying
- wet clothes drying
- False
- a big bowl
- the shape of the clay
- turmeric powder
- a mirror
- honey
- the order of pouring
- melting
- spilled oil is slippery
- the big log
- faster
- a mirror
- little air left inside
- a piece of chalk
- we keep it the same
- a cork
- floats
- True
- more drops form
- True
- a balloon
- we change it
- water with food colour
- never look at the Sun
- a battery cell
- needed
- how many drops form
- it still floats
- it spread in the water
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