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.🚀 In “push back, move forward”, which way does water a swimmer pushes go? (a) goes forward (b) goes backward
- 2.🛟 Why is a plastic cup safer than a glass for small children here? (a) it is magnetic (b) it is heavier (c) it is hotter (d) it will not break
- 3.🎈 Why does the balloon rocket move along the string? (a) escaping air pushes it (b) a magnet pulls it (c) the straw is heavy (d) the string pulls it
- 4.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a paper helicopter fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
- 5.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
- 6.🛟 Which rule keeps the density tower experiment safe? (a) taste each layer (b) pour it on the floor (c) do not lick the spoon (d) throw the glass
- 7.⚖️ Fair test — does a bowl in the sun make more drops than a bowl in the shade? Which of these is kept the same? (a) how many drops form (b) sun or shade (c) the cling film cover
- 8.🌼 How does coloured water reach the petals? (a) it rains on them (b) it is sprayed on (c) through the air (d) through tiny stem tubes
- 9.True or false: turmeric powder is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🥄 Does chalk powder dissolve in water? (a) dissolves in water (b) does not dissolve
- 11.🛟 Why should a grown-up watch when children play near a big tub of water? (a) to keep children safe (b) to win a prize (c) to hide the corks (d) to splash everyone
- 12.🧺 Three of these are needed for the balloon rocket. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a balloon (b) yeast (c) a long string (d) a drinking straw
- 13.🧺 Do we need a ruler for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 14.🧺 Three of these are needed for the float-or-sink test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a tub of water (b) a towel for spills (c) a battery cell (d) small test objects
- 15.⚖️ Fair test — does a bigger balloon go farther along the string? Which of these is kept the same? (a) how big we blow it (b) the same straw (c) distance it travels
- 16.⚖️ 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) the same three liquids (c) the order of pouring (d) how much of each liquid
- 17.🚁 What does the paper helicopter do as it falls? (a) it flies upward (b) it spins round (c) it stays still in air (d) it turns into a ball
- 18.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the float-or-sink test? (a) small test objects (b) a tub of water (c) turmeric powder (d) a results table
- 19.🛟 Which rule keeps you safe when working with sunlight? (a) never look at the Sun (b) stare at the Sun (c) look at it in a mirror (d) look at it through glass
- 20.⚖️ Fair test — does the card stay on with a full glass and with a half-full glass? What do we do with “whether the card stays”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
- 21.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
- 22.⚖️ Fair test — do the layers end up in the same order if we pour the liquids in a different order? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the order of the layers (b) the same glass (c) the order of pouring (d) the same three liquids
- 23.🧺 Three of these are needed for the balloon rocket. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a battery cell (b) sticky tape (c) a drinking straw (d) two chairs
- 24.⚖️ Fair test — does the card stay on with a full glass and with a half-full glass? What do we do with “the same glass”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
- 25.⚖️ Fair test — does the shape of a lump of clay change whether it floats? True or false: the tub of water is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
- 26.⚖️ Fair test — does the shape of a lump of clay change whether it floats? What do we do with “whether it floats”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
- 27.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water rainbow. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a sunny window (b) a sheet of white paper (c) bright sunlight (d) yeast
- 28.⚖️ Fair test — does the card stay on with a full glass and with a half-full glass? True or false: the same glass is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 29.True or false: safety scissors is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🌈 In VIBGYOR, what number colour is green?
- 31.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water rainbow. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a sheet of white paper (b) a clear glass of water (c) a mirror (d) a sunny window
- 32.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the coloured flower experiment? (a) a few hours of waiting (b) food colour (c) a mirror (d) a white flower
- 33.🔮 Raindrops in the sky act like tiny ___ for sunlight. (a) magnets (b) clouds (c) balloons (d) prisms
- 34.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a balloon (b) a pencil (c) a ruler (d) safety scissors
- 35.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) neither of them (b) the crumpled ball (c) a sheet of glass (d) the flat sheet
- 36.🔮 A cork floats in tap water. What happens in very salty water? (a) it dissolves (b) it still floats (c) it turns white (d) it sinks
- 37.🔮 What would change if the flower stood in plain water? (a) no colour change (b) the petals turn red (c) the stem turns blue (d) the flower glows
- 38.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for the card-on-a-glass trick? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 39.⚖️ Fair test — does a bigger balloon go farther along the string? What do we do with “the same string”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
- 40.🍯 Is a pebble denser or less dense than water? (a) less dense than water (b) denser than water
Answer key
- goes backward
- it will not break
- escaping air pushes it
- falls slowly
- we keep it the same
- do not lick the spoon
- the cling film cover
- through tiny stem tubes
- False
- does not dissolve
- to keep children safe
- yeast
- needed
- a battery cell
- the same straw
- the order of pouring
- it spins round
- turmeric powder
- never look at the Sun
- we measure it
- we keep it the same
- the order of the layers
- a battery cell
- we keep it the same
- False
- we measure it
- yeast
- False
- False
- 4
- a mirror
- a mirror
- prisms
- a balloon
- the crumpled ball
- it still floats
- no colour change
- not needed
- we keep it the same
- denser than water
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