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: the string slopes uphill. What happens? (a) it speeds up (b) it goes backward first (c) it travels less far (d) it travels farther
- 2.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a battery cell (b) a strip of paper (c) a pencil (d) safety scissors
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fluff of cotton (b) a stone (c) a coin (d) a steel spoon
- 4.🚀 Which of these goes forward? (a) the rocket (b) air from the balloon (c) gas from the rocket (d) water a swimmer pushes
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a magnetic pin holder (b) a vacuum cleaner (c) a medicine dropper (d) a drinking straw
- 6.📘 What does “dense” mean? (a) very hot (b) very thin (c) heavy for its size (d) very colourful
- 7.🔍 What do you see after pouring honey, water and oil into one glass? (a) one mixed colour (b) three separate layers (c) the glass gets hot (d) bubbles of gas
- 8.🥄 Does small pebbles dissolve in water? (a) does not dissolve (b) dissolves in water
- 9.🧺 Do we need a magnet for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 10.🔮 Why do we try the card trick over a sink or a bucket? (a) to make it rain (b) to grow plants (c) to cool the glass (d) to catch any spills
- 11.🌈 How many colours do we name in a rainbow (VIBGYOR)?
- 12.🥄 Does table salt dissolve in water? (a) does not dissolve (b) dissolves in water
- 13.🧺 Do we need bright sunlight for the water rainbow? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 14.🥛 Does a medicine dropper work by air pressure or by magnetism? (a) air pressure (b) magnetism
- 15.🥄 Does sugar left unstirred dissolve faster or slower? (a) slower (b) faster
- 16.True or false: a magnet is not needed for the float-or-sink test. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🥄 Which of these dissolves faster? (a) sugar in icy water (b) sugar left unstirred (c) a big sugar cube (d) sugar stirred well
- 18.🥄 Which of these dissolves faster? (a) a big sugar cube (b) sugar in icy water (c) powdered sugar (d) sugar left unstirred
- 19.🧺 Three of these are needed for the density tower. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a mirror (b) a tall clear glass (c) cooking oil (d) honey
- 20.🧺 Three of these are needed for the balloon rocket. Which one is NOT needed? (a) sticky tape (b) a mirror (c) a drinking straw (d) a long string
- 21.⚖️ Fair test — do the layers end up in the same order if we pour the liquids in a different order? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the order of the layers (b) the same three liquids (c) the order of pouring
- 22.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the density tower? (a) cooking oil (b) water with food colour (c) a mirror (d) honey
- 23.🧺 Do we need warm water for the dissolving test? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 24.⚖️ 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) the size of the bowl (c) how many drops form (d) sun or shade
- 25.🧺 Do we need a paper clip for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 26.🧺 Three of these are needed for the dissolving test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) honey (b) a clock or timer (c) cold water (d) two clear glasses
- 27.True or false: a pebble is denser than water. (a) True (b) False
- 28.True or false: a misty bathroom mirror is freezing. (a) True (b) False
- 29.⚖️ Fair test — does the amount of water in the glass change how bright the rainbow is? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the amount of water (b) the time of day (c) the same glass (d) brightness of rainbow
- 30.🔮 A cork floats in tap water. What happens in very salty water? (a) it dissolves (b) it still floats (c) it sinks (d) it turns white
- 31.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) water (b) ice cubes (c) a battery cell (d) a big bowl
- 32.⚖️ 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
- 33.🎈 What is the job of the straw on the string? (a) it blows air in (b) it makes it heavier (c) it holds water (d) it guides the balloon
- 34.🍯 Which of these is denser than water? (a) a cork (b) a coin (c) air (d) an ice cube
- 35.⚖️ 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 three liquids”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
- 36.⚖️ Fair test — does sugar dissolve faster in warm water or in cold water? True or false: the water temperature is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a balloon (b) a magnet (c) a paper clip (d) yeast
- 38.🥛 Does a magnetic chess set work by air pressure or by magnetism? (a) magnetism (b) air pressure
- 39.🥄 Which of these dissolves faster? (a) sugar left unstirred (b) sugar in warm water (c) sugar in icy water (d) a big sugar cube
- 40.🧺 Which of these is needed for the coloured flower experiment? (a) a magnet (b) a battery cell (c) turmeric powder (d) food colour
Answer key
- it travels less far
- a battery cell
- a fluff of cotton
- the rocket
- a magnetic pin holder
- heavy for its size
- three separate layers
- does not dissolve
- not needed
- to catch any spills
- 7
- dissolves in water
- needed
- air pressure
- slower
- True
- sugar stirred well
- powdered sugar
- a mirror
- a mirror
- the same three liquids
- a mirror
- needed
- sun or shade
- needed
- honey
- True
- False
- the amount of water
- it still floats
- a battery cell
- we keep it the same
- it guides the balloon
- a coin
- we keep it the same
- True
- a paper clip
- magnetism
- sugar in warm water
- food colour
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