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.🌧️ The drops falling back into the bowl are like which part of the real water cycle? (a) wind (b) rain (c) sunshine (d) lightning
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking oil (b) a ping-pong ball (c) air (d) a coin
- 3.🧺 Three of these are needed for the balloon rocket. Which one is NOT needed? (a) yeast (b) a long string (c) two chairs (d) a drinking straw
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a magnetic pin holder (b) a bicycle pump (c) a compass needle (d) a fridge magnet
- 5.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the float-or-sink test? (a) a towel for spills (b) a magnet (c) a tub of water (d) small test objects
- 6.🔮 Predict: you gently drop a small cork into the tower. Where does it stop? (a) on top of the oil (b) in the honey layer (c) in the water layer (d) under the honey
- 7.🚀 In “push back, move forward”, which way does the rowing boat go? (a) goes forward (b) goes backward
- 8.🔮 Predict: you gently drop a coin into the tower. Where does it end up? (a) on top of the oil (b) at the very bottom (c) in the oil layer (d) in the water layer
- 9.🔮 Predict: a strip of paper towel dips into coloured water. What happens? (a) nothing ever happens (b) colour climbs up it (c) it turns to plastic (d) it sinks at once
- 10.⚖️ Fair test — does the card stay on with a full glass and with a half-full glass? Which of these is kept the same? (a) how full the glass is (b) whether the card stays (c) the same glass
- 11.True or false: a sink or a bucket is needed for the card-on-a-glass trick. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a stone (c) a feather (d) an open sheet of paper
- 13.🧺 Which of these is needed for the float-or-sink test? (a) yeast (b) a results table (c) a battery cell (d) a mirror
- 14.🔍 Which layer is on top in the honey-water-oil tower? (a) coloured water (b) cooking oil (c) honey (d) the spoon
- 15.⚖️ Fair test — does the shape of a lump of clay change whether it floats? What do we do with “the shape of the clay”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
- 16.⚖️ Fair test — does colour reach the petals faster with a short stem or a long stem? True or false: time for colour to show is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a steel spoon fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
- 18.True or false: sugar does not dissolve in water. (a) False (b) True
- 19.⚖️ Fair test — does a bigger balloon go farther along the string? True or false: the slope of the string is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
- 20.⚖️ Fair test — does the shape of a lump of clay change whether it floats? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the shape of the clay (b) whether it floats (c) the tub of water
- 21.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for the balloon rocket. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🥄 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) glucose powder (b) cooking oil (c) chalk powder (d) sand
- 23.💧 What happens to water vapour when it touches the cold cling film? (a) it turns to smoke (b) it disappears (c) it turns to salt (d) it turns to drops
- 24.🛟 Why should we wipe up spilled oil at once? (a) oil makes it rain (b) oil attracts magnets (c) oil turns into honey (d) spilled oil is slippery
- 25.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a stone (b) a coin (c) a steel spoon (d) a feather
- 26.True or false: yeast is needed for the water rainbow. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the balloon rocket? (a) sticky tape (b) vinegar (c) two chairs (d) a balloon
- 28.🍯 Which of these is less dense than water? (a) a pebble (b) honey (c) cooking oil (d) very salty water
- 29.⚖️ Fair test — does a bowl in the sun make more drops than a bowl in the shade? What do we do with “the cling film cover”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
- 30.True or false: turmeric powder is needed for the float-or-sink test. (a) True (b) False
- 31.⚖️ Fair test — does the shape of a lump of clay change whether it floats? What do we do with “the kind of clay”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
- 32.🔮 Predict: you squeeze an empty plastic bottle with its cap screwed on tight. Why is it hard? (a) water is hiding there (b) the cap is sticky (c) air inside pushes back (d) the bottle is magnetic
- 33.💧 Dip a flower stem into coloured water. Does the water climb up it? (a) water does not climb (b) water climbs up it
- 34.True or false: water a swimmer pushes goes forward. (a) True (b) False
- 35.⚖️ Fair test — does a bowl in the sun make more drops than a bowl in the shade? True or false: the size of the bowl is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🧊 Why does an ice cube float on water? (a) water is sticky (b) ice is less dense (c) ice is magnetic (d) ice is very cold
- 37.True or false: a long string is needed for the balloon rocket. (a) True (b) False
- 38.⚖️ Fair test — does a bowl in the sun make more drops than a bowl in the shade? What do we do with “the time we wait”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
- 39.🥄 Does glucose powder dissolve in water? (a) does not dissolve (b) dissolves in water
- 40.🧺 Do we need honey for the dissolving test? (a) needed (b) not needed
Answer key
- rain
- a coin
- yeast
- a bicycle pump
- a magnet
- on top of the oil
- goes forward
- at the very bottom
- colour climbs up it
- the same glass
- True
- a stone
- a results table
- cooking oil
- we change it
- True
- falls fast
- False
- False
- the tub of water
- True
- glucose powder
- it turns to drops
- spilled oil is slippery
- a feather
- False
- vinegar
- cooking oil
- we keep it the same
- False
- we keep it the same
- air inside pushes back
- water climbs up it
- False
- True
- ice is less dense
- True
- we keep it the same
- dissolves in water
- not needed
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