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.🛟 What should you do with popped balloon pieces? (a) keep them in your mouth (b) throw them away safely (c) chew them (d) give them to a baby
- 2.True or false: yeast is needed for the coloured flower experiment. (a) True (b) False
- 3.🛟 Which is the safe way to do the float-or-sink test? (a) play near a deep pond (b) wipe up spills at once (c) run around the tub (d) leave water on the floor
- 4.🌈 How many colours do we name in a rainbow (VIBGYOR)?
- 5.💧 Dip a glass marble into coloured water. Does the water climb up it? (a) water does not climb (b) water climbs up it
- 6.🥄 Why does sugar dissolve faster in warm water? (a) warm water is thicker (b) cold water is wet (c) sugar likes the dark (d) particles move faster
- 7.🥄 Which of these does not dissolve in water? (a) sugar (b) table salt (c) baking soda (d) sawdust
- 8.🧺 Do we need a magnet for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 9.🛟 What should you do after handling food colour? (a) wipe them on walls (b) lick your fingers (c) wash your hands (d) rub your eyes
- 10.⚖️ Fair test — does a bigger balloon go farther along the string? What do we do with “the same tape”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
- 11.🧺 Three of these are needed for the float-or-sink test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a results table (b) a battery cell (c) small test objects (d) a tub of water
- 12.🍯 Why does honey sink to the bottom of the glass? (a) it is the stickiest (b) it is the coldest (c) it is yellow (d) it is the densest
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an empty capped bottle (b) an ice-cream stick (c) an iron nail (d) a ping-pong ball
- 14.⚖️ Fair test — does the card stay on with a full glass and with a half-full glass? True or false: how full the glass is is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 15.🎈 Why does the balloon rocket move along the string? (a) a magnet pulls it (b) the straw is heavy (c) the string pulls it (d) escaping air pushes it
- 16.⚖️ Fair test — does the shape of a lump of clay change whether it floats? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) whether it floats (b) the amount of clay (c) the shape of the clay (d) the kind of clay
- 17.🛟 What should you do with wet floors after the experiment? (a) slide on them (b) leave them wet (c) wipe them dry (d) pour more water
- 18.🧺 Do we need warm water for the dissolving test? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 19.⚖️ Fair test — does a bowl in the sun make more drops than a bowl in the shade? What do we do with “the amount of water”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
- 20.⚖️ Fair test — does the amount of water in the glass change how bright the rainbow is? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the same glass (b) the time of day (c) the same white paper (d) brightness of rainbow
- 21.🧺 Which of these is needed for the balloon rocket? (a) a battery cell (b) a magnet (c) two chairs (d) turmeric powder
- 22.⚖️ 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 measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
- 23.🧺 Do we need water with food colour for the density tower? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 24.🧺 Three of these are needed for the float-or-sink test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a magnet (b) a tub of water (c) a results table (d) a towel for spills
- 25.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a paper clip (b) a pencil (c) a ruler (d) yeast
- 26.💧 Which of these is evaporation? (a) sweat drying on skin (b) drops under a pot lid (c) ice becoming water (d) a misty bathroom mirror
- 27.🧺 Do we need cling film for the water cycle bowl? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 28.🧺 Three of these are needed for the card-on-a-glass trick. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a sink or a bucket (b) a balloon (c) a stiff postcard (d) a towel
- 29.True or false: a clock or timer is not needed for the dissolving test. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ball of clay (b) an ice cube (c) a dry leaf (d) a cork
- 31.True or false: a big sugar cube dissolves slower. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🛟 Where should you do the card-and-glass trick? (a) over a laptop (b) on a bed (c) near a plug point (d) over a sink or bucket
- 33.🔮 Predict: you gently drop a small cork into the tower. Where does it stop? (a) on top of the oil (b) in the honey layer (c) under the honey (d) in the water layer
- 34.🧺 Three of these are needed for the card-on-a-glass trick. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a sink or a bucket (b) a magnet (c) a towel (d) a glass of water
- 35.🧺 Three of these are needed for the card-on-a-glass trick. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a towel (b) a glass of water (c) a stiff postcard (d) yeast
- 36.⚖️ Fair test — does colour reach the petals faster with a short stem or a long stem? True or false: the length of the stem is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 37.True or false: powdered sugar dissolves slower. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🧺 Do we need a few hours of waiting for the coloured flower experiment? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 39.🔮 Predict: you blow the balloon up only a little. What happens? (a) it turns into a kite (b) it goes less far (c) it flies off the string (d) it goes much farther
- 40.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the balloon rocket? (a) a balloon (b) two chairs (c) yeast (d) a drinking straw
Answer key
- throw them away safely
- False
- wipe up spills at once
- 7
- water does not climb
- particles move faster
- sawdust
- not needed
- wash your hands
- we keep it the same
- a battery cell
- it is the densest
- an iron nail
- True
- escaping air pushes it
- the shape of the clay
- wipe them dry
- needed
- we keep it the same
- brightness of rainbow
- two chairs
- we change it
- needed
- a magnet
- yeast
- sweat drying on skin
- needed
- a balloon
- False
- a ball of clay
- True
- over a sink or bucket
- on top of the oil
- a magnet
- yeast
- False
- False
- needed
- it goes less far
- yeast
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