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.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the density tower? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 2.True or false: wet hair drying is freezing. (a) True (b) False
- 3.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for the float-or-sink test? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 4.🧺 Three of these are needed for the float-or-sink test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a results table (b) a towel for spills (c) a tub of water (d) a magnet
- 5.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a feather (b) a paper helicopter (c) a glass marble (d) an open sheet of paper
- 6.True or false: cotton wool is needed for the dissolving test. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🛟 Why should we wipe up spilled oil at once? (a) spilled oil is slippery (b) oil attracts magnets (c) oil turns into honey (d) oil makes it rain
- 8.⚖️ Fair test — does a bigger balloon go farther along the string? What do we do with “the same straw”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
- 9.🧺 Do we need two chairs for the balloon rocket? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 10.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a paper clip (c) yeast (d) a strip of paper
- 11.🧺 Three of these are needed for the balloon rocket. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a drinking straw (b) a balloon (c) vinegar (d) a long string
- 12.⚖️ 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) True (b) False
- 13.⚖️ Fair test — does colour reach the petals faster with a short stem or a long stem? What do we do with “time for colour to show”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
- 14.⚖️ 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 the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 15.⚖️ Fair test — does a bowl in the sun make more drops than a bowl in the shade? True or false: the amount of water is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
- 16.⚖️ Fair test — do the layers end up in the same order if we pour the liquids in a different order? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the order of pouring (b) the same glass (c) the order of the layers (d) how much of each liquid
- 17.⚖️ Fair test — does a bigger balloon go farther along the string? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the same string (b) the same tape (c) the slope of the string (d) how big we blow it
- 18.🧺 Three of these are needed for the coloured flower experiment. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a battery cell (b) food colour (c) a glass of water (d) a white flower
- 19.🌈 In VIBGYOR, what number colour is violet?
- 20.⚖️ 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 what we measure. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a drinking straw (b) a medicine dropper (c) a magnetic pin holder (d) a vacuum cleaner
- 22.True or false: a battery cell is needed for the card-on-a-glass trick. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🥛 Does a medicine dropper work by air pressure or by magnetism? (a) magnetism (b) air pressure
- 24.🧺 Do we need a clear glass of water for the water rainbow? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 25.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the length of the blades (b) time to reach the floor (c) the drop height
- 26.🌈 How many colours do we name in a rainbow (VIBGYOR)?
- 27.🚀 Which of these goes forward? (a) water a swimmer pushes (b) gas from the rocket (c) water from the oars (d) the rocket
- 28.True or false: a strip of paper is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
- 29.True or false: a battery cell is needed for the balloon rocket. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🧺 Do we need a sheet of white paper for the water rainbow? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 31.⚖️ 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 three liquids”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
- 32.True or false: food colour is needed for the coloured flower experiment. (a) True (b) False
- 33.⚖️ Fair test — does the shape of a lump of clay change whether it floats? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the tub of water (b) the kind of clay (c) the shape of the clay (d) whether it floats
- 34.🧺 Three of these are needed for the density tower. Which one is NOT needed? (a) yeast (b) cooking oil (c) water with food colour (d) honey
- 35.🧺 Three of these are needed for the water cycle bowl. Which one is NOT needed? (a) ice cubes (b) a big bowl (c) a small cup (d) a battery cell
- 36.🛟 What should you do with popped balloon pieces? (a) keep them in your mouth (b) give them to a baby (c) throw them away safely (d) chew them
- 37.🫗 Why does cooking oil float on top of water? (a) oil is less dense (b) oil is heavier (c) oil is sticky (d) oil is hot
- 38.🍯 Which of these is less dense than water? (a) very salty water (b) a coin (c) honey (d) an ice cube
- 39.🧺 Three of these are needed for the balloon rocket. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a drinking straw (b) a balloon (c) a battery cell (d) two chairs
- 40.⚖️ Fair test — does the amount of water in the glass change how bright the rainbow is? What do we do with “the same glass”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
Answer key
- not needed
- False
- not needed
- a magnet
- a glass marble
- False
- spilled oil is slippery
- we keep it the same
- needed
- yeast
- vinegar
- True
- we measure it
- True
- False
- the order of the layers
- how big we blow it
- a battery cell
- 1
- False
- a magnetic pin holder
- False
- air pressure
- needed
- the drop height
- 7
- the rocket
- False
- False
- needed
- we keep it the same
- True
- whether it floats
- yeast
- a battery cell
- throw them away safely
- oil is less dense
- an ice cube
- a battery cell
- we keep it the same
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