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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a feather (b) a fluff of cotton (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a steel spoon
- 2.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the card-on-a-glass trick? (a) a glass of water (b) a sink or a bucket (c) a towel (d) turmeric powder
- 3.⚖️ 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) how much of each liquid (c) the order of pouring (d) the same three liquids
- 4.🛟 Why should we wipe up spilled oil at once? (a) oil turns into honey (b) oil makes it rain (c) oil attracts magnets (d) spilled oil is slippery
- 5.True or false: a sink or a bucket is not needed for the card-on-a-glass trick. (a) True (b) False
- 6.⚖️ Fair test — does a bowl in the sun make more drops than a bowl in the shade? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) sun or shade (b) how many drops form (c) the amount of water (d) the size of the bowl
- 7.⚖️ Fair test — does colour reach the petals faster with a short stem or a long stem? What do we do with “time for colour to show”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
- 8.⚖️ Fair test — does a bowl in the sun make more drops than a bowl in the shade? What do we do with “the amount of water”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
- 9.💧 Which of these does not let water climb? (a) a paper towel (b) a steel spoon (c) a sugar cube (d) a cotton thread
- 10.🔮 Predict: a strip of paper towel dips into coloured water. What happens? (a) it sinks at once (b) it turns to plastic (c) colour climbs up it (d) nothing ever happens
- 11.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water rainbow. Which one is NOT needed? (a) bright sunlight (b) yeast (c) a sunny window (d) a sheet of white paper
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) honey (b) a ping-pong ball (c) cooking oil (d) an ice cube
- 13.⚖️ 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) False (b) True
- 14.🔮 Predict: you spray fine water drops with the Sun behind you. What may you see? (a) a magnet (b) a small rainbow (c) a shadow of ice (d) snow falling
- 15.🌈 How many colours do we name in a rainbow (VIBGYOR)?
- 16.🌈 In VIBGYOR, what number colour is green?
- 17.💧 Why do water drops form on the outside of a glass of ice water? (a) ice escapes the glass (b) the glass leaks (c) vapour in air cools (d) the glass sweats
- 18.🔮 Predict: you put ice cubes on top of the cling film. What happens? (a) the bowl freezes (b) fewer drops form (c) more drops form (d) the water turns red
- 19.🧺 Three of these are needed for the float-or-sink test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a towel for spills (b) a results table (c) small test objects (d) a balloon
- 20.⚖️ Fair test — does the shape of a lump of clay change whether it floats? Which of these is what we measure? (a) whether it floats (b) the amount of clay (c) the tub of water (d) the shape of the clay
- 21.⚖️ Fair test — does colour reach the petals faster with a short stem or a long stem? True or false: the room it stands in is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
- 22.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the kind of paper is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 23.⚖️ Fair test — does sugar dissolve faster in warm water or in cold water? True or false: the amount of water is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🔮 Predict: you shake oil and water hard in a closed bottle and wait. What happens? (a) they turn to honey (b) they separate again (c) they become solid (d) they mix for ever
- 25.🍯 Is very salty water denser or less dense than water? (a) denser than water (b) less dense than water
- 26.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for the water cycle bowl? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 27.🧺 Three of these are needed for the dissolving test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a teaspoon (b) sugar (c) a balloon (d) warm water
- 28.True or false: food colour is not needed for the coloured flower experiment. (a) True (b) False
- 29.⚖️ Fair test — does sugar dissolve faster in warm water or in cold water? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) time to dissolve (b) the water temperature (c) the amount of water (d) the amount of sugar
- 30.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a crumpled paper ball fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
- 31.⚖️ Fair test — does a bigger balloon go farther along the string? Which of these is kept the same? (a) distance it travels (b) how big we blow it (c) the same tape
- 32.🧺 Three of these are needed for the float-or-sink test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a tub of water (b) a results table (c) a towel for spills (d) a magnet
- 33.True or false: a white flower is needed for the coloured flower experiment. (a) False (b) True
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a piece of thermocol (b) a cork (c) a ball of clay (d) an ice-cream stick
- 35.True or false: a long string is needed for the balloon rocket. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🔮 Why do we try the card trick over a sink or a bucket? (a) to make it rain (b) to cool the glass (c) to grow plants (d) to catch any spills
- 37.🛟 Who should trim the flower stem? (a) anyone, without looking (b) a toddler (c) a grown-up (d) a pet
- 38.💧 Which change is this: water becoming ice? (a) evaporation (b) melting (c) condensation (d) freezing
- 39.True or false: a sheet of white paper is needed for the water rainbow. (a) False (b) True
- 40.⚖️ Fair test — does sugar dissolve faster in warm water or in cold water? What do we do with “time to dissolve”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
Answer key
- a steel spoon
- turmeric powder
- the order of pouring
- spilled oil is slippery
- False
- sun or shade
- we measure it
- we keep it the same
- a steel spoon
- colour climbs up it
- yeast
- honey
- True
- a small rainbow
- 7
- 4
- vapour in air cools
- more drops form
- a balloon
- whether it floats
- False
- True
- True
- they separate again
- denser than water
- not needed
- a balloon
- False
- the water temperature
- falls fast
- the same tape
- a magnet
- True
- a ball of clay
- True
- to catch any spills
- a grown-up
- freezing
- True
- we measure it
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