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.🔍 Sand is stirred into water. What do you see after a while? (a) it turns blue (b) it dissolves (c) it settles at the bottom (d) it floats up
- 2.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the coloured flower experiment? (a) a mirror (b) food colour (c) a few hours of waiting (d) a glass of water
- 3.⚖️ 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) the same card (b) the way we turn it (c) the same glass (d) whether the card stays
- 4.🛟 Does a piece of thermocol float or sink in water? (a) sinks (b) floats
- 5.🔮 Predict: you keep adding sugar to a small glass of water and stirring. What happens in the end? (a) the water turns solid (b) all of it dissolves (c) the sugar turns to salt (d) some stays undissolved
- 6.⚖️ Fair test — does sugar dissolve faster in warm water or in cold water? What do we do with “the kind of sugar”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
- 7.🛟 Does a feather float or sink in water? (a) floats (b) sinks
- 8.🧺 Three of these are needed for the dissolving test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a clock or timer (b) two clear glasses (c) a teaspoon (d) a balloon
- 9.🧺 Do we need yeast for the float-or-sink test? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 10.🥛 Does a drinking straw work by air pressure or by magnetism? (a) air pressure (b) magnetism
- 11.🔮 Predict: a strip of paper towel dips into coloured water. What happens? (a) it turns to plastic (b) colour climbs up it (c) nothing ever happens (d) it sinks at once
- 12.🧺 Which of these is needed for the float-or-sink test? (a) a battery cell (b) a tub of water (c) a magnet (d) yeast
- 13.⚖️ 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 paper clip
- 14.🧺 Which of these is needed for the density tower? (a) honey (b) a balloon (c) a magnet (d) yeast
- 15.🛟 What should you do after handling food colour? (a) wipe them on walls (b) rub your eyes (c) wash your hands (d) lick your fingers
- 16.True or false: turmeric powder is needed for the balloon rocket. (a) False (b) True
- 17.True or false: a feather falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
- 18.⚖️ Fair test — does sugar dissolve faster in warm water or in cold water? What do we do with “time to dissolve”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
- 19.💧 Which of these is evaporation? (a) a pond icing over (b) wet clothes drying (c) butter going runny (d) snow turning to water
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) honey (b) a ping-pong ball (c) cooking oil (d) a cork
- 21.⚖️ Fair test — does a bowl in the sun make more drops than a bowl in the shade? True or false: the cling film cover is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🔮 Predict: you spray fine water drops with the Sun behind you. What may you see? (a) a small rainbow (b) a shadow of ice (c) a magnet (d) snow falling
- 23.🛟 How should you check if the sugar has dissolved? (a) look for leftover grains (b) taste it (c) smell it closely (d) poke it with a finger
- 24.True or false: a paper clip is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a paper clip (b) a magnet (c) a pencil (d) a strip of paper
- 26.💧 Which change is this: wet hair drying? (a) freezing (b) melting (c) evaporation (d) condensation
- 27.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water rainbow. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a balloon (b) a sheet of white paper (c) a clear glass of water (d) bright sunlight
- 28.🥄 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) small pebbles (b) sawdust (c) sand (d) food colour
- 29.💧 Which of these is freezing? (a) a pond icing over (b) butter going runny (c) drops on a cold glass (d) drops under a pot lid
- 30.🧺 Three of these are needed for the dissolving test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) two clear glasses (b) cold water (c) cotton wool (d) warm water
- 31.True or false: two chairs is not needed for the balloon rocket. (a) False (b) True
- 32.⚖️ Fair test — does a bigger balloon go farther along the string? What do we do with “how big we blow it”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
- 33.🚀 In “push back, move forward”, which way does water from the oars go? (a) goes backward (b) goes forward
- 34.🧺 Do we need a magnet for the water cycle bowl? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 35.🛟 Which is a safe rule for the balloon rocket? (a) blow it till it bursts (b) aim it at your friend (c) put string round a neck (d) keep it away from faces
- 36.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a small cup (b) cling film (c) yeast (d) ice cubes
- 37.🧺 Do we need a comb for the dissolving test? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 38.⚖️ Fair test — does colour reach the petals faster with a short stem or a long stem? What do we do with “the room it stands in”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
- 39.🧺 Which of these is needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) turmeric powder (b) a mirror (c) yeast (d) a big bowl
- 40.⚖️ Fair test — does the shape of a lump of clay change whether it floats? What do we do with “the tub of water”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
Answer key
- it settles at the bottom
- a mirror
- whether the card stays
- floats
- some stays undissolved
- we keep it the same
- floats
- a balloon
- not needed
- air pressure
- colour climbs up it
- a tub of water
- the paper clip
- honey
- wash your hands
- False
- True
- we measure it
- wet clothes drying
- honey
- True
- a small rainbow
- look for leftover grains
- False
- a magnet
- evaporation
- a balloon
- food colour
- a pond icing over
- cotton wool
- False
- we change it
- goes backward
- not needed
- keep it away from faces
- yeast
- not needed
- we keep it the same
- a big bowl
- we keep it the same
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