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.🧺 Three of these are needed for the balloon rocket. Which one is NOT needed? (a) two chairs (b) turmeric powder (c) a drinking straw (d) sticky tape
- 2.True or false: a battery cell is not needed for the water rainbow. (a) False (b) True
- 3.True or false: a spoon is needed for the density tower. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🛟 Which of these floats on water? (a) a steel spoon (b) an iron nail (c) a metal key (d) an ice cube
- 5.🔍 What do you see a day after a white flower stands in blue water? (a) the water turns green (b) the stem turns to ice (c) the flower floats away (d) the petals turn bluish
- 6.🍯 Which of these is less dense than water? (a) a glass marble (b) a coin (c) a pebble (d) a cork
- 7.🧺 Which of these is needed for the card-on-a-glass trick? (a) a magnet (b) a glass of water (c) a mirror (d) a balloon
- 8.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) slower (b) faster (c) it stops in the air (d) it floats up
- 9.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it turns blue (b) it spins the other way (c) it does not fall (d) it falls upward
- 10.🛟 Which of these sinks in water? (a) a metal key (b) an ice cube (c) a feather (d) an empty capped bottle
- 11.True or false: sawdust dissolves in water. (a) False (b) True
- 12.⚖️ Fair test — does the shape of a lump of clay change whether it floats? What do we do with “whether it floats”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
- 13.🧺 Three of these are needed for the balloon rocket. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a balloon (b) a magnet (c) a drinking straw (d) two chairs
- 14.True or false: sugar left unstirred dissolves slower. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🎈 Air rushes out of the back of the balloon. Which way does the balloon move? (a) it stays still (b) forward (c) backward (d) straight down
- 16.🧺 Which of these is needed for the water rainbow? (a) a balloon (b) a mirror (c) a magnet (d) a clear glass of water
- 17.🧺 Do we need a mirror for the float-or-sink test? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 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 what we measure? (a) the order of pouring (b) the order of the layers (c) the same glass (d) how much of each liquid
- 19.🛟 Why is a plastic cup safer than a glass for small children here? (a) it is heavier (b) it is magnetic (c) it is hotter (d) it will not break
- 20.True or false: a drinking straw is not needed for the balloon rocket. (a) True (b) False
- 21.⚖️ Fair test — does the amount of water in the glass change how bright the rainbow is? What do we do with “the same window”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
- 22.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) from your raised hand (b) a roof edge (c) a wobbly chair (d) a high window ledge
- 23.🔮 Predict: a bowl of water is left uncovered in the hot sun all day. What happens? (a) it turns to ice (b) it turns to salt (c) some water evaporates (d) the water increases
- 24.True or false: two clear glasses is needed for the dissolving test. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🔮 A ball of clay sinks. What happens if you press it into a thin boat shape? (a) it turns to stone (b) it dissolves (c) it sinks faster (d) it can float
- 26.🚀 Which of these goes forward? (a) water from the oars (b) water a swimmer pushes (c) air from the balloon (d) the balloon
- 27.True or false: a piece of foil lets water climb up it. (a) False (b) True
- 28.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the paper clip (b) the kind of paper (c) time to reach the floor (d) the person dropping
- 29.📘 What is it called when water climbs up thin tubes or paper by itself? (a) evaporation (b) melting (c) magnetism (d) capillary action
- 30.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water rainbow. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a clear glass of water (b) turmeric powder (c) a sheet of white paper (d) bright sunlight
- 31.True or false: a battery cell is needed for the coloured flower experiment. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🔍 You drop a coin into a tub of water. What do you see? (a) it bounces up (b) it floats (c) it sinks (d) it dissolves
- 33.🔮 Predict: you put ice cubes on top of the cling film. What happens? (a) the water turns red (b) the bowl freezes (c) more drops form (d) fewer drops form
- 34.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the person dropping (b) the length of the blades (c) time to reach the floor
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a piece of foil (b) a rubber eraser (c) a steel spoon (d) a sugar cube
- 36.🧺 Do we need a clear glass of water for the water rainbow? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rubber eraser (b) a paper towel (c) a piece of foil (d) a steel spoon
- 38.🔮 Raindrops in the sky act like tiny ___ for sunlight. (a) balloons (b) prisms (c) clouds (d) magnets
- 39.🧺 Three of these are needed for the float-or-sink test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a towel for spills (b) yeast (c) a results table (d) small test objects
- 40.🧺 Do we need bright sunlight for the water rainbow? (a) not needed (b) needed
Answer key
- turmeric powder
- True
- True
- an ice cube
- the petals turn bluish
- a cork
- a glass of water
- faster
- it spins the other way
- a metal key
- False
- we measure it
- a magnet
- True
- forward
- a clear glass of water
- not needed
- the order of the layers
- it will not break
- False
- we keep it the same
- from your raised hand
- some water evaporates
- True
- it can float
- the balloon
- False
- time to reach the floor
- capillary action
- turmeric powder
- False
- it sinks
- more drops form
- the person dropping
- a sugar cube
- needed
- a paper towel
- prisms
- yeast
- needed
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