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.⚖️ Fair test — does sugar dissolve faster in warm water or in cold water? True or false: the amount of water is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🧺 Do we need a mirror for the density tower? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 3.⚖️ Fair test — does the shape of a lump of clay change whether it floats? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the shape of the clay (b) whether it floats (c) the kind of clay
- 4.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the float-or-sink test? (a) small test objects (b) a results table (c) a tub of water (d) yeast
- 5.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the person dropping (b) the kind of paper (c) the paper clip (d) the length of the blades
- 6.🔮 Predict: a stem is split in two, one half in red water and one in blue. What do the petals do? (a) they all turn green (b) they turn two colours (c) they stay white (d) they fall off at once
- 7.🧺 Three of these are needed for the density tower. Which one is NOT needed? (a) water with food colour (b) a tall clear glass (c) honey (d) a battery cell
- 8.🥄 Does sawdust dissolve in water? (a) does not dissolve (b) dissolves in water
- 9.⚖️ Fair test — does colour reach the petals faster with a short stem or a long stem? What do we do with “the length of the stem”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
- 10.⚖️ 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) how many drops form (b) the amount of water (c) the size of the bowl (d) sun or shade
- 11.⚖️ 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 change it (c) we keep it the same
- 12.🧺 Three of these are needed for the coloured flower experiment. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a magnet (b) a white flower (c) food colour (d) a glass of water
- 13.🧺 Which of these is needed for the water rainbow? (a) a magnet (b) turmeric powder (c) a clear glass of water (d) yeast
- 14.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the float-or-sink test? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 15.🔮 Predict: you shake oil and water hard in a closed bottle and wait. What happens? (a) they separate again (b) they become solid (c) they mix for ever (d) they turn to honey
- 16.🔍 What do you see a day after a white flower stands in blue water? (a) the water turns green (b) the flower floats away (c) the stem turns to ice (d) the petals turn bluish
- 17.🥄 Does sugar in warm water dissolve faster or slower? (a) slower (b) faster
- 18.⚖️ 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 water temperature (c) time to dissolve (d) the kind of sugar
- 19.🧺 Three of these are needed for the density tower. Which one is NOT needed? (a) water with food colour (b) honey (c) cooking oil (d) yeast
- 20.🧺 Do we need a magnet for the float-or-sink test? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 21.🧺 Do we need a drinking straw for the balloon rocket? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 22.🥛 Which of these works by air pressure? (a) a suction hook (b) a magnetic pin holder (c) a magnetic chess set (d) a compass needle
- 23.💧 Which change is this: wet hair drying? (a) melting (b) freezing (c) evaporation (d) condensation
- 24.🧺 Three of these are needed for the float-or-sink test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a mirror (b) a tub of water (c) a results table (d) small test objects
- 25.🧺 Three of these are needed for the balloon rocket. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a battery cell (b) a balloon (c) sticky tape (d) a drinking straw
- 26.📘 What is water vapour? (a) salty water (b) tiny ice cubes (c) a kind of smoke (d) water as a gas
- 27.⚖️ Fair test — does a bowl in the sun make more drops than a bowl in the shade? Which of these is kept the same? (a) how many drops form (b) the amount of water (c) sun or shade
- 28.⚖️ Fair test — does sugar dissolve faster in warm water or in cold water? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the water temperature (b) the amount of water (c) time to dissolve
- 29.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the water cycle bowl? (a) a big bowl (b) water (c) yeast (d) cling film
- 30.🔍 You drop a coin into a tub of water. What do you see? (a) it dissolves (b) it bounces up (c) it sinks (d) it floats
- 31.🌈 How many colours do we name in a rainbow (VIBGYOR)?
- 32.🍯 Which of these is less dense than water? (a) a pebble (b) a cork (c) a glass marble (d) honey
- 33.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the length of the blades”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
- 34.⚖️ Fair test — does sugar dissolve faster in warm water or in cold water? What do we do with “the amount of water”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
- 35.🛟 Who should trim the flower stem? (a) a toddler (b) a grown-up (c) a pet (d) anyone, without looking
- 36.🍯 Which of these is denser than water? (a) a ping-pong ball (b) a pebble (c) cooking oil (d) a cork
- 37.⚖️ Fair test — does sugar dissolve faster in warm water or in cold water? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) time to dissolve (b) the amount of sugar (c) the kind of sugar (d) the water temperature
- 38.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) the crumpled ball (b) neither of them (c) a sheet of glass (d) the flat sheet
- 39.🥄 Which of these dissolves slower? (a) sugar in warm water (b) powdered sugar (c) sugar stirred well (d) a big sugar cube
- 40.🛟 Why should a grown-up watch when children play near a big tub of water? (a) to keep children safe (b) to hide the corks (c) to splash everyone (d) to win a prize
Answer key
- False
- not needed
- the kind of clay
- yeast
- the length of the blades
- they turn two colours
- a battery cell
- does not dissolve
- we change it
- sun or shade
- we measure it
- a magnet
- a clear glass of water
- not needed
- they separate again
- the petals turn bluish
- faster
- time to dissolve
- yeast
- not needed
- needed
- a suction hook
- evaporation
- a mirror
- a battery cell
- water as a gas
- the amount of water
- the amount of water
- yeast
- it sinks
- 7
- a cork
- we change it
- we keep it the same
- a grown-up
- a pebble
- the water temperature
- the crumpled ball
- a big sugar cube
- to keep children safe
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