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 an ice-cream stick float or sink in water? (a) floats (b) sinks
- 2.📘 What is it called when water climbs up thin tubes or paper by itself? (a) evaporation (b) magnetism (c) melting (d) capillary action
- 3.🥛 Does a magnetic chess set work by air pressure or by magnetism? (a) air pressure (b) magnetism
- 4.🧺 Which of these is needed for the float-or-sink test? (a) a balloon (b) a magnet (c) turmeric powder (d) a tub of water
- 5.🧺 Which of these is needed for the density tower? (a) a magnet (b) a mirror (c) a battery cell (d) a spoon
- 6.⚖️ 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 the layers”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
- 7.True or false: sticky tape is needed for the balloon rocket. (a) False (b) True
- 8.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the kind of paper”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
- 9.🔮 Predict: does stirring make sugar dissolve faster or slower? (a) slower (b) the same (c) faster (d) not at all
- 10.True or false: a tub of water is needed for the float-or-sink test. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🧺 Three of these are needed for the dissolving test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a teaspoon (b) a balloon (c) cold water (d) sugar
- 12.🧺 Three of these are needed for the float-or-sink test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) small test objects (b) a tub of water (c) a balloon (d) a towel for spills
- 13.True or false: a balloon is not needed for the coloured flower experiment. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🧺 Three of these are needed for the dissolving test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) two clear glasses (b) honey (c) a teaspoon (d) sugar
- 15.🧺 Three of these are needed for the dissolving test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cotton wool (b) a clock or timer (c) warm water (d) cold water
- 16.⚖️ Fair test — does the shape of a lump of clay change whether it floats? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the shape of the clay (b) whether it floats (c) the kind of clay (d) the amount of clay
- 17.⚖️ Fair test — does sugar dissolve faster in warm water or in cold water? What do we do with “time to dissolve”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
- 18.🧺 Which of these is needed for the coloured flower experiment? (a) a battery cell (b) a white flower (c) a balloon (d) yeast
- 19.📘 What do we call light bending as it passes from air into water? (a) magnetism (b) evaporation (c) refraction (d) reflection
- 20.⚖️ Fair test — does sugar dissolve faster in warm water or in cold water? What do we do with “the water temperature”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
- 21.⚖️ Fair test — does the amount of water in the glass change how bright the rainbow is? True or false: the same glass is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 22.💧 What happens to water vapour when it touches the cold cling film? (a) it disappears (b) it turns to smoke (c) it turns to drops (d) it turns to salt
- 23.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a fluff of cotton fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
- 24.🍯 Is a coin denser or less dense than water? (a) less dense than water (b) denser than water
- 25.⚖️ 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
- 26.True or false: honey is not needed for the density tower. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🧺 Three of these are needed for the coloured flower experiment. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a few hours of waiting (b) a mirror (c) a white flower (d) a glass of water
- 28.⚖️ Fair test — does the card stay on with a full glass and with a half-full glass? What do we do with “the same card”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
- 29.⚖️ Fair test — do the layers end up in the same order if we pour the liquids in a different order? True or false: the same three liquids is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🧺 Which of these is needed for the water rainbow? (a) a magnet (b) a mirror (c) a battery cell (d) a sheet of white paper
- 31.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for the float-or-sink test? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 32.True or false: yeast is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
- 33.⚖️ Fair test — does sugar dissolve faster in warm water or in cold water? What do we do with “the amount of sugar”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
- 34.⚖️ 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) how many drops form (d) sun or shade
- 35.🧺 Three of these are needed for the dissolving test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) sugar (b) a mirror (c) a clock or timer (d) a teaspoon
- 36.🛟 Why should you not over-blow the balloon? (a) it changes colour (b) it turns into a kite (c) it gets too heavy (d) it can pop loudly
- 37.🔍 Sugar is stirred into water and seems to disappear. Where did it go? (a) it vanished for ever (b) it spread in the water (c) it became air (d) it sank as sand
- 38.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the card-on-a-glass trick? (a) a stiff postcard (b) a towel (c) turmeric powder (d) a sink or a bucket
- 39.⚖️ Fair test — does sugar dissolve faster in warm water or in cold water? True or false: time to dissolve is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🧺 Three of these are needed for the density tower. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a battery cell (b) cooking oil (c) water with food colour (d) a tall clear glass
Answer key
- floats
- capillary action
- magnetism
- a tub of water
- a spoon
- we measure it
- True
- we keep it the same
- faster
- True
- a balloon
- a balloon
- True
- honey
- cotton wool
- whether it floats
- we measure it
- a white flower
- refraction
- we change it
- False
- it turns to drops
- falls slowly
- denser than water
- we measure it
- False
- a mirror
- we keep it the same
- True
- a sheet of white paper
- not needed
- False
- we keep it the same
- sun or shade
- a mirror
- it can pop loudly
- it spread in the water
- turmeric powder
- False
- a battery cell
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