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.True or false: a battery cell is needed for the density tower. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🔮 What would change if the flower stood in plain water? (a) no colour change (b) the stem turns blue (c) the flower glows (d) the petals turn red
- 3.True or false: a sunny window is not needed for the water rainbow. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🔍 What do you see a day after a white flower stands in blue water? (a) the petals turn bluish (b) the water turns green (c) the stem turns to ice (d) the flower floats away
- 5.True or false: a balloon is not needed for the density tower. (a) True (b) False
- 6.True or false: a mirror is needed for the density tower. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🧺 Which of these is needed for the density tower? (a) a magnet (b) a mirror (c) turmeric powder (d) a spoon
- 8.⚖️ Fair test — does the shape of a lump of clay change whether it floats? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the tub of water (b) the shape of the clay (c) whether it floats (d) the kind of clay
- 9.⚖️ Fair test — do the layers end up in the same order if we pour the liquids in a different order? What do we do with “the same glass”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
- 10.True or false: a steel spoon does not let water climb. (a) False (b) True
- 11.True or false: a sink or a bucket is needed for the card-on-a-glass trick. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🔍 Which layer is on top in the honey-water-oil tower? (a) honey (b) the spoon (c) cooking oil (d) coloured water
- 13.🛟 Why should only a grown-up handle any hot water? (a) hot water is heavy (b) it changes colour (c) hot water is magnetic (d) hot water can scald
- 14.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the length of the blades (b) time to reach the floor (c) the drop height
- 15.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water rainbow. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a mirror (b) a sunny window (c) a clear glass of water (d) bright sunlight
- 16.🍯 Which of these is denser than water? (a) a cork (b) a ping-pong ball (c) air (d) a pebble
- 17.🔮 Predict: a strip of paper towel dips into coloured water. What happens? (a) nothing ever happens (b) colour climbs up it (c) it sinks at once (d) it turns to plastic
- 18.⚖️ Fair test — does a bowl in the sun make more drops than a bowl in the shade? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the time we wait (b) the amount of water (c) how many drops form (d) the cling film cover
- 19.⚖️ Fair test — does a bowl in the sun make more drops than a bowl in the shade? What do we do with “sun or shade”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
- 20.True or false: yeast is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🚁 Why do we clip a paper clip to the bottom of the helicopter? (a) to weigh down the bottom (b) to make it fall slower (c) to make it magnetic (d) to stop the spinning
- 22.⚖️ Fair test — does the amount of water in the glass change how bright the rainbow is? True or false: brightness of rainbow is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 23.⚖️ 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) True (b) False
- 24.⚖️ Fair test — does a bigger balloon go farther along the string? Which of these is what we measure? (a) how big we blow it (b) distance it travels (c) the same tape (d) the same straw
- 25.🥄 Which of these dissolves faster? (a) a big sugar cube (b) sugar in icy water (c) sugar in warm water (d) sugar left unstirred
- 26.⚖️ Fair test — does sugar dissolve faster in warm water or in cold water? True or false: the amount of water is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
- 27.💧 Which change is this: a misty bathroom mirror? (a) freezing (b) condensation (c) melting (d) evaporation
- 28.🛟 Why should a grown-up watch when children play near a big tub of water? (a) to hide the corks (b) to keep children safe (c) to splash everyone (d) to win a prize
- 29.🛟 What should you do after handling food colour? (a) rub your eyes (b) lick your fingers (c) wipe them on walls (d) wash your hands
- 30.⚖️ Fair test — does a bigger balloon go farther along the string? What do we do with “distance it travels”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
- 31.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) gravity (b) the wind (c) magnetism (d) air pressure
- 32.🧺 Do we need a mirror for the float-or-sink test? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 33.🧺 Do we need a clock or timer for the dissolving test? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 34.🛟 Why should you not over-blow the balloon? (a) it changes colour (b) it gets too heavy (c) it turns into a kite (d) it can pop loudly
- 35.🧺 Do we need a mirror for the balloon rocket? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 36.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the float-or-sink test? (a) a tub of water (b) a towel for spills (c) a magnet (d) a results table
- 37.True or false: table salt dissolves in water. (a) False (b) True
- 38.⚖️ Fair test — does a bigger balloon go farther along the string? True or false: distance it travels is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle pump (b) a fridge magnet (c) a vacuum cleaner (d) a drinking straw
- 40.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a ruler (c) a mirror (d) a strip of paper
Answer key
- False
- no colour change
- False
- the petals turn bluish
- True
- False
- a spoon
- whether it floats
- we keep it the same
- True
- True
- cooking oil
- hot water can scald
- the drop height
- a mirror
- a pebble
- colour climbs up it
- how many drops form
- we change it
- True
- to weigh down the bottom
- False
- False
- distance it travels
- sugar in warm water
- False
- condensation
- to keep children safe
- wash your hands
- we measure it
- gravity
- not needed
- needed
- it can pop loudly
- not needed
- a magnet
- True
- True
- a fridge magnet
- a mirror
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