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.🍯 Is a coin denser or less dense than water? (a) less dense than water (b) denser than water
- 2.🧺 Do we need a magnet for the coloured flower experiment? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 3.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the coloured flower experiment? (a) a few hours of waiting (b) food colour (c) yeast (d) a glass of water
- 4.⚖️ Fair test — does sugar dissolve faster in warm water or in cold water? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the amount of water (b) the kind of sugar (c) the stirring (d) time to dissolve
- 5.True or false: bright sunlight is not needed for the water rainbow. (a) False (b) True
- 6.💧 Which of these is freezing? (a) drops on a cold glass (b) a misty bathroom mirror (c) a puddle drying up (d) a pond icing over
- 7.⚖️ Fair test — does sugar dissolve faster in warm water or in cold water? Which of these is kept the same? (a) time to dissolve (b) the amount of water (c) the water temperature
- 8.True or false: a results table is not needed for the float-or-sink test. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🛟 Why should we wipe up spilled oil at once? (a) spilled oil is slippery (b) oil turns into honey (c) oil makes it rain (d) oil attracts magnets
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a suction hook (b) a magnetic pin holder (c) a magnetic chess set (d) a fridge magnet
- 11.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the kind of paper”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
- 12.🧺 Which of these is needed for the density tower? (a) a magnet (b) a balloon (c) a mirror (d) water with food colour
- 13.⚖️ Fair test — does the card stay on with a full glass and with a half-full glass? True or false: how full the glass is is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🔮 Predict: an empty capped bottle floats. What happens if you fill it with sand? (a) it turns blue (b) it sinks (c) it floats higher (d) it melts
- 15.True or false: a balloon is not needed for the card-on-a-glass trick. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🚀 Which of these goes backward? (a) the rocket (b) the balloon (c) gas from the rocket (d) the swimmer
- 17.True or false: a cotton thread lets water climb up it. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🌈 In VIBGYOR, what number colour is orange?
- 19.True or false: a flower stem does not let water climb. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🔍 Which layer is on top in the honey-water-oil tower? (a) cooking oil (b) honey (c) the spoon (d) coloured water
- 21.True or false: a mirror is not needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) False (b) True
- 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) the length of the stem (b) the room it stands in (c) the kind of flower (d) time for colour to show
- 23.🧺 Which of these is needed for the float-or-sink test? (a) turmeric powder (b) a magnet (c) a battery cell (d) a tub of water
- 24.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the length of the blades is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 25.True or false: a drinking straw works by air pressure. (a) True (b) False
- 26.⚖️ Fair test — does a bigger balloon go farther along the string? True or false: how big we blow it is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
- 27.💧 Which of these does not let water climb? (a) a sugar cube (b) a strip of cloth (c) a plastic ruler (d) a paper towel
- 28.🔮 Raindrops in the sky act like tiny ___ for sunlight. (a) clouds (b) balloons (c) magnets (d) prisms
- 29.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a feather fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
- 30.🧺 Do we need cold water for the dissolving test? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 31.True or false: a big sugar cube dissolves slower. (a) False (b) True
- 32.True or false: a pencil is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🧺 Which of these is needed for the coloured flower experiment? (a) a balloon (b) food colour (c) a magnet (d) yeast
- 34.⚖️ Fair test — does the amount of water in the glass change how bright the rainbow is? True or false: brightness of rainbow is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
- 35.⚖️ Fair test — do the layers end up in the same order if we pour the liquids in a different order? True or false: how much of each liquid is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 36.⚖️ Fair test — does colour reach the petals faster with a short stem or a long stem? True or false: the amount of water is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
- 37.True or false: a steel spoon lets water climb up it. (a) False (b) True
- 38.⚖️ Fair test — does the shape of a lump of clay change whether it floats? True or false: the amount of clay is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🧺 Three of these are needed for the dissolving test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a clock or timer (b) a teaspoon (c) a mirror (d) two clear glasses
- 40.🥚 A fresh egg sinks in plain water. What makes it float? (a) lots of salt stirred in (b) a few ice cubes (c) a little shaking (d) more plain water
Answer key
- denser than water
- not needed
- yeast
- time to dissolve
- False
- a pond icing over
- the amount of water
- False
- spilled oil is slippery
- a suction hook
- we keep it the same
- water with food colour
- False
- it sinks
- True
- gas from the rocket
- True
- 6
- False
- cooking oil
- True
- time for colour to show
- a tub of water
- False
- True
- False
- a plastic ruler
- prisms
- falls slowly
- needed
- True
- False
- food colour
- True
- True
- False
- False
- False
- a mirror
- lots of salt stirred in
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