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.⚖️ Fair test — does sugar dissolve faster in warm water or in cold water? True or false: time to dissolve is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
- 2.⚖️ Fair test — does colour reach the petals faster with a short stem or a long stem? True or false: time for colour to show is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 3.🧺 Which of these is needed for the card-on-a-glass trick? (a) a battery cell (b) a magnet (c) a balloon (d) a sink or a bucket
- 4.True or false: a sunny window is not needed for the water rainbow. (a) False (b) True
- 5.True or false: a coin floats on water. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🧺 Do we need a sheet of white paper for the water rainbow? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 7.🧺 Three of these are needed for the card-on-a-glass trick. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a glass of water (b) a stiff postcard (c) yeast (d) a towel
- 8.⚖️ Fair test — does a bigger balloon go farther along the string? True or false: the same straw is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🧺 Do we need a magnet for the coloured flower experiment? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 10.⚖️ Fair test — does colour reach the petals faster with a short stem or a long stem? Which of these is kept the same? (a) time for colour to show (b) the length of the stem (c) the amount of water
- 11.True or false: a mirror is needed for the card-on-a-glass trick. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🔍 You drop a coin into a tub of water. What do you see? (a) it bounces up (b) it dissolves (c) it sinks (d) it floats
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a piece of foil (b) a steel spoon (c) a glass marble (d) a cotton thread
- 14.🥄 Does sand dissolve in water? (a) does not dissolve (b) dissolves in water
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coin (b) a glass marble (c) a ball of clay (d) an ice cube
- 16.🧺 Which of these is needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) a mirror (b) ice cubes (c) yeast (d) a battery cell
- 17.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a ruler (b) a strip of paper (c) safety scissors (d) a magnet
- 18.⚖️ Fair test — does colour reach the petals faster with a short stem or a long stem? Which of these is kept the same? (a) time for colour to show (b) the amount of colour (c) the length of the stem
- 19.True or false: a long string is needed for the balloon rocket. (a) False (b) True
- 20.True or false: a comb is not needed for the dissolving test. (a) False (b) True
- 21.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we change it
- 22.🥄 Which of these dissolves slower? (a) sugar in warm water (b) a big sugar cube (c) sugar stirred well (d) powdered sugar
- 23.⚖️ Fair test — does a bigger balloon go farther along the string? What do we do with “the slope of the string”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
- 24.⚖️ Fair test — does the card stay on with a full glass and with a half-full glass? What do we do with “the way we turn it”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
- 25.🥄 Which of these dissolves faster? (a) sugar in icy water (b) sugar stirred well (c) a big sugar cube (d) sugar left unstirred
- 26.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the card-on-a-glass trick? (a) a balloon (b) a sink or a bucket (c) a towel (d) a stiff postcard
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pebble (b) honey (c) a coin (d) cooking oil
- 28.🍯 Is an ice cube denser or less dense than water? (a) denser than water (b) less dense than water
- 29.True or false: a magnet is not needed for the card-on-a-glass trick. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🔮 Predict: you spray fine water drops with the Sun behind you. What may you see? (a) a small rainbow (b) snow falling (c) a shadow of ice (d) a magnet
- 31.⚖️ Fair test — does the card stay on with a full glass and with a half-full glass? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the same glass (b) the way we turn it (c) the same card (d) how full the glass is
- 32.🛟 Why is a plastic cup safer than a glass for small children here? (a) it is heavier (b) it is magnetic (c) it is hotter (d) it will not break
- 33.⚖️ 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 order of pouring”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
- 34.🧺 Do we need a magnet for the density tower? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 35.🧺 Which of these is needed for the density tower? (a) a mirror (b) yeast (c) turmeric powder (d) honey
- 36.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the balloon rocket? (a) a balloon (b) a long string (c) turmeric powder (d) sticky tape
- 37.💧 Which of these is melting? (a) water becoming ice (b) butter going runny (c) sweat drying on skin (d) drops on a cold glass
- 38.🌈 In VIBGYOR, what number colour is indigo?
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a suction hook (b) a drinking straw (c) a fridge magnet (d) a vacuum cleaner
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a paper towel (b) a piece of chalk (c) a cotton thread (d) a plastic ruler
Answer key
- False
- False
- a sink or a bucket
- False
- False
- needed
- yeast
- False
- not needed
- the amount of water
- False
- it sinks
- a cotton thread
- does not dissolve
- an ice cube
- ice cubes
- a magnet
- the amount of colour
- True
- True
- we measure it
- a big sugar cube
- we keep it the same
- we keep it the same
- sugar stirred well
- a balloon
- cooking oil
- less dense than water
- True
- a small rainbow
- how full the glass is
- it will not break
- we change it
- not needed
- honey
- turmeric powder
- butter going runny
- 2
- a fridge magnet
- a plastic ruler
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