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.🥄 Does sugar in warm water dissolve faster or slower? (a) slower (b) faster
- 2.⚖️ Fair test — does a bigger balloon go farther along the string? True or false: how big we blow it is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 3.🔮 Predict: which dissolves faster — a sugar cube or the same amount of powdered sugar? (a) the sugar cube (b) both the same (c) neither of them (d) powdered sugar
- 4.True or false: cooking oil is denser than water. (a) False (b) True
- 5.🥄 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) sand (b) sawdust (c) glucose powder (d) chalk powder
- 6.🧺 Do we need a few hours of waiting for the coloured flower experiment? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 7.🧺 Three of these are needed for the balloon rocket. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a magnet (b) two chairs (c) sticky tape (d) a long string
- 8.True or false: yeast is not needed for the density tower. (a) True (b) False
- 9.True or false: a tub of water is not needed for the float-or-sink test. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) butter going runny (b) snow turning to water (c) water becoming ice (d) ice becoming water
- 11.True or false: a cork is denser than water. (a) False (b) True
- 12.True or false: a compass needle works by air pressure. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🥄 Does sand dissolve in water? (a) does not dissolve (b) dissolves in water
- 14.🥄 Which of these does not dissolve in water? (a) baking soda (b) sand (c) food colour (d) glucose powder
- 15.🍯 Which of these is less dense than water? (a) honey (b) air (c) a coin (d) a pebble
- 16.⚖️ Fair test — does sugar dissolve faster in warm water or in cold water? True or false: the water temperature is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🛟 Which of these sinks in water? (a) an empty capped bottle (b) an ice cube (c) a dry leaf (d) a metal key
- 18.⚖️ 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 order of the layers (c) the same three liquids (d) the order of pouring
- 19.🥛 Does a medicine dropper work by air pressure or by magnetism? (a) air pressure (b) magnetism
- 20.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the coloured flower experiment? (a) food colour (b) a few hours of waiting (c) a glass of water (d) a magnet
- 21.🛟 Why should you not over-blow the balloon? (a) it turns into a kite (b) it can pop loudly (c) it changes colour (d) it gets too heavy
- 22.⚖️ Fair test — does colour reach the petals faster with a short stem or a long stem? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the amount of colour (b) the kind of flower (c) the length of the stem (d) the amount of water
- 23.🧺 Do we need yeast for the coloured flower experiment? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 24.🥄 Does sugar in icy water dissolve faster or slower? (a) slower (b) faster
- 25.🧺 Do we need a strip of paper for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 26.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the water rainbow? (a) bright sunlight (b) a battery cell (c) a sunny window (d) a clear glass of water
- 27.🛟 Does an ice-cream stick float or sink in water? (a) floats (b) sinks
- 28.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a glass marble fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
- 29.🥄 Does sugar stirred well dissolve faster or slower? (a) faster (b) slower
- 30.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) magnetism (b) floating (c) air resistance (d) dissolving
- 31.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the drop height”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
- 32.⚖️ Fair test — does the amount of water in the glass change how bright the rainbow is? What do we do with “the same white paper”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
- 33.⚖️ Fair test — does sugar dissolve faster in warm water or in cold water? True or false: the amount of sugar is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 34.True or false: a fluff of cotton falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🛟 Which rule keeps the density tower experiment safe? (a) do not lick the spoon (b) throw the glass (c) taste each layer (d) pour it on the floor
- 36.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
- 37.True or false: a medicine dropper works by air pressure. (a) True (b) False
- 38.True or false: a puddle drying up is condensation. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🛟 Why should a grown-up watch when children play near a big tub of water? (a) to hide the corks (b) to splash everyone (c) to keep children safe (d) to win a prize
- 40.🧺 Three of these are needed for the balloon rocket. Which one is NOT needed? (a) yeast (b) sticky tape (c) a balloon (d) a drinking straw
Answer key
- faster
- False
- powdered sugar
- False
- glucose powder
- needed
- a magnet
- True
- False
- water becoming ice
- False
- False
- does not dissolve
- sand
- air
- False
- a metal key
- the order of pouring
- air pressure
- a magnet
- it can pop loudly
- the length of the stem
- not needed
- slower
- needed
- a battery cell
- floats
- falls fast
- faster
- air resistance
- we keep it the same
- we keep it the same
- True
- False
- do not lick the spoon
- we measure it
- True
- False
- to keep children safe
- yeast
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