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.🔮 Predict: a stem is split in two, one half in red water and one in blue. What do the petals do? (a) they fall off at once (b) they stay white (c) they all turn green (d) they turn two colours
- 2.⚖️ Fair test — does a bigger balloon go farther along the string? True or false: how big we blow it is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 3.🥛 Why is it best to fill the glass right to the top? (a) water is heavier (b) little air left inside (c) the card gets wet (d) it looks nicer
- 4.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a stone (b) a fluff of cotton (c) a steel spoon (d) a glass marble
- 5.⚖️ 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 measure it (c) we keep it the same
- 6.🧺 Do we need a tall clear glass for the density tower? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 7.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the balloon rocket? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 8.🧺 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) yeast (d) a tub of water
- 9.🍯 Which of these is less dense than water? (a) a coin (b) a ping-pong ball (c) honey (d) a pebble
- 10.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we change it
- 11.💧 Which change is this: water becoming ice? (a) evaporation (b) melting (c) freezing (d) condensation
- 12.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a small cup (b) a big bowl (c) yeast (d) cling film
- 13.🧺 Do we need a clock or timer for the dissolving test? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 14.🧺 Which of these is needed for the card-on-a-glass trick? (a) a balloon (b) a stiff postcard (c) a mirror (d) a magnet
- 15.🧺 Do we need a magnet for the float-or-sink test? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 16.🔮 Predict: you keep adding sugar to a small glass of water and stirring. What happens in the end? (a) some stays undissolved (b) all of it dissolves (c) the water turns solid (d) the sugar turns to salt
- 17.🔮 Raindrops in the sky act like tiny ___ for sunlight. (a) magnets (b) balloons (c) clouds (d) prisms
- 18.🛟 Which is the safe way to do the float-or-sink test? (a) run around the tub (b) play near a deep pond (c) leave water on the floor (d) wipe up spills at once
- 19.⚖️ Fair test — does colour reach the petals faster with a short stem or a long stem? What do we do with “the amount of colour”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
- 20.🥛 What holds the card up against the upside-down glass? (a) the cold water (b) glue on the card (c) air pushing up (d) a magnet
- 21.⚖️ 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 amount of colour (b) the amount of water (c) the kind of flower (d) time for colour to show
- 22.⚖️ Fair test — does the amount of water in the glass change how bright the rainbow is? True or false: the same window is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🔮 A cork floats in tap water. What happens in very salty water? (a) it sinks (b) it still floats (c) it turns white (d) it dissolves
- 24.True or false: sugar in icy water dissolves slower. (a) False (b) True
- 25.⚖️ Fair test — does the amount of water in the glass change how bright the rainbow is? What do we do with “the same glass”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
- 26.⚖️ Fair test — does colour reach the petals faster with a short stem or a long stem? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the amount of colour (b) time for colour to show (c) the length of the stem
- 27.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the coloured flower experiment? (a) a glass of water (b) a mirror (c) food colour (d) a white flower
- 28.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the drop height”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
- 29.⚖️ Fair test — does a bigger balloon go farther along the string? True or false: distance it travels is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 30.True or false: butter going runny is melting. (a) True (b) False
- 31.⚖️ 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) the cling film cover (b) how many drops form (c) sun or shade (d) the time we wait
- 32.🔮 Predict: which dissolves faster — a sugar cube or the same amount of powdered sugar? (a) neither of them (b) the sugar cube (c) powdered sugar (d) both the same
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cork (b) a ping-pong ball (c) a pebble (d) air
- 34.🧺 Do we need sticky tape for the balloon rocket? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 35.⚖️ Fair test — does the card stay on with a full glass and with a half-full glass? Which of these is what we measure? (a) how full the glass is (b) the same card (c) the way we turn it (d) whether the card stays
- 36.🧺 Three of these are needed for the dissolving test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a teaspoon (b) a magnet (c) cold water (d) warm water
- 37.⚖️ 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 sugar (c) the water temperature
- 38.⚖️ Fair test — does the card stay on with a full glass and with a half-full glass? True or false: the same card is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 39.True or false: a coin is less dense than water. (a) False (b) True
- 40.⚖️ 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
Answer key
- they turn two colours
- True
- little air left inside
- a fluff of cotton
- we keep it the same
- needed
- needed
- yeast
- a ping-pong ball
- we keep it the same
- freezing
- yeast
- needed
- a stiff postcard
- not needed
- some stays undissolved
- prisms
- wipe up spills at once
- we keep it the same
- air pushing up
- time for colour to show
- True
- it still floats
- True
- we keep it the same
- the amount of colour
- a mirror
- we keep it the same
- False
- True
- sun or shade
- powdered sugar
- a pebble
- needed
- whether the card stays
- a magnet
- the amount of sugar
- False
- False
- True
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