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 mirror is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🔮 Predict: you gently drop a coin into the tower. Where does it end up? (a) on top of the oil (b) at the very bottom (c) in the oil layer (d) in the water layer
- 3.💧 Which change is this: wet clothes drying? (a) freezing (b) evaporation (c) condensation (d) melting
- 4.⚖️ 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 time we wait (c) sun or shade (d) the size of the bowl
- 5.🧺 Which of these is needed for the card-on-a-glass trick? (a) a magnet (b) a balloon (c) a sink or a bucket (d) a mirror
- 6.🍯 Is cooking oil denser or less dense than water? (a) less dense than water (b) denser than water
- 7.🧺 Do we need warm water for the dissolving test? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 8.🧺 Do we need a towel for spills for the float-or-sink test? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 9.⚖️ Fair test — does sugar dissolve faster in warm water or in cold water? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the stirring (b) the amount of sugar (c) time to dissolve (d) the amount of water
- 10.🧺 Do we need vinegar for the balloon rocket? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an ice cube (b) a pebble (c) an ice-cream stick (d) a cork
- 12.🧺 Do we need a sheet of white paper for the water rainbow? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 13.🧺 Which of these is needed for the balloon rocket? (a) two chairs (b) a magnet (c) yeast (d) turmeric powder
- 14.🌈 In a rainbow in the sky, which colour is on the outside (top) edge? (a) violet (b) green (c) red (d) blue
- 15.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 16.🌊 What pushes a floating cork upward? (a) the water (b) the air above (c) the tub (d) the cork itself
- 17.🔮 Predict: you gently drop a small cork into the tower. Where does it stop? (a) in the honey layer (b) under the honey (c) in the water layer (d) on top of the oil
- 18.⚖️ 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 change it (c) we measure it
- 19.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for the card-on-a-glass trick? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 20.🧺 Do we need yeast for the water cycle bowl? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 21.🚢 Why can a heavy steel ship float on the sea? (a) steel is very light (b) sea water is warm (c) its hollow shape (d) it has a magnet
- 22.🔮 Predict: you blow the balloon up only a little. What happens? (a) it goes less far (b) it turns into a kite (c) it flies off the string (d) it goes much farther
- 23.⚖️ 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 change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
- 24.🍯 Which of these is denser than water? (a) a coin (b) air (c) an ice cube (d) a ping-pong ball
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) air (b) very salty water (c) an ice cube (d) cooking oil
- 26.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) water (b) a battery cell (c) ice cubes (d) a big bowl
- 27.True or false: a balloon is needed for the float-or-sink test. (a) True (b) False
- 28.True or false: a balloon is not needed for the water cycle bowl. (a) True (b) False
- 29.True or false: a towel is not needed for the card-on-a-glass trick. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🔮 Predict: does stirring make sugar dissolve faster or slower? (a) the same (b) not at all (c) slower (d) faster
- 31.🚀 Which of these goes backward? (a) the rocket (b) water a swimmer pushes (c) the rowing boat (d) the balloon
- 32.🔍 What do you see a day after a white flower stands in blue water? (a) the water turns green (b) the petals turn bluish (c) the stem turns to ice (d) the flower floats away
- 33.True or false: wet hair drying is condensation. (a) False (b) True
- 34.🔮 A big log and a small pebble go into a pond. Which one floats? (a) neither of them (b) both of them (c) the big log (d) the small pebble
- 35.⚖️ Fair test — do the layers end up in the same order if we pour the liquids in a different order? True or false: the order of pouring is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🧺 Three of these are needed for the dissolving test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) two clear glasses (b) a teaspoon (c) a balloon (d) a clock or timer
- 37.🔮 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
- 38.🥄 Which of these dissolves slower? (a) sugar in warm water (b) sugar stirred well (c) powdered sugar (d) sugar left unstirred
- 39.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water rainbow. Which one is NOT needed? (a) bright sunlight (b) a mirror (c) a sunny window (d) a sheet of white paper
- 40.🛟 What should you do with wet floors after the experiment? (a) pour more water (b) leave them wet (c) wipe them dry (d) slide on them
Answer key
- False
- at the very bottom
- evaporation
- sun or shade
- a sink or a bucket
- less dense than water
- needed
- needed
- time to dissolve
- not needed
- a pebble
- needed
- two chairs
- red
- not needed
- the water
- on top of the oil
- we keep it the same
- not needed
- not needed
- its hollow shape
- it goes less far
- we keep it the same
- a coin
- very salty water
- a battery cell
- False
- True
- False
- faster
- water a swimmer pushes
- the petals turn bluish
- False
- the big log
- False
- a balloon
- colour climbs up it
- sugar left unstirred
- a mirror
- wipe them dry
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