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.🛟 Why should only a grown-up handle any hot water? (a) hot water is magnetic (b) hot water can scald (c) it changes colour (d) hot water is heavy
- 2.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the float-or-sink test? (a) a towel for spills (b) a tub of water (c) a results table (d) a magnet
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) air (b) an ice cube (c) a cork (d) honey
- 4.⚖️ 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 change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
- 5.⚖️ 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 amount of sugar (c) the water temperature (d) time to dissolve
- 6.⚖️ Fair test — does the shape of a lump of clay change whether it floats? True or false: the kind of clay is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 7.⚖️ Fair test — does a bowl in the sun make more drops than a bowl in the shade? What do we do with “how many drops form”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
- 8.True or false: a vacuum cleaner works by air pressure. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🛟 What should you do with wet floors after the experiment? (a) leave them wet (b) slide on them (c) wipe them dry (d) pour more water
- 10.🛟 Does an ice cube float or sink in water? (a) floats (b) sinks
- 11.🍯 Which of these is less dense than water? (a) very salty water (b) a pebble (c) a coin (d) cooking oil
- 12.⚖️ Fair test — does the shape of a lump of clay change whether it floats? True or false: the amount of clay is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 13.⚖️ 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 tub of water
- 14.True or false: small test objects is not needed for the float-or-sink test. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🔍 Sand is stirred into water. What do you see after a while? (a) it floats up (b) it dissolves (c) it settles at the bottom (d) it turns blue
- 16.🔮 Predict: does stirring make sugar dissolve faster or slower? (a) slower (b) the same (c) not at all (d) faster
- 17.🔮 Predict: an empty capped bottle floats. What happens if you fill it with sand? (a) it sinks (b) it floats higher (c) it turns blue (d) it melts
- 18.🧺 Three of these are needed for the density tower. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a spoon (b) honey (c) cooking oil (d) turmeric powder
- 19.🌈 How many colours do we name in a rainbow (VIBGYOR)?
- 20.🧺 Which of these is needed for the density tower? (a) cooking oil (b) a mirror (c) a battery cell (d) yeast
- 21.🍯 Which of these is less dense than water? (a) a coin (b) very salty water (c) honey (d) a cork
- 22.⚖️ Fair test — does the amount of water in the glass change how bright the rainbow is? True or false: the time of day is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
- 23.⚖️ 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 room it stands in (b) the kind of flower (c) the length of the stem (d) the amount of colour
- 24.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the length of the blades is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 25.⚖️ Fair test — does the card stay on with a full glass and with a half-full glass? True or false: the same glass is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
- 26.💧 Which of these is melting? (a) a misty bathroom mirror (b) drops on a cold glass (c) snow turning to water (d) dew on morning grass
- 27.⚖️ Fair test — does colour reach the petals faster with a short stem or a long stem? True or false: time for colour to show is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) food colour (b) chalk powder (c) glucose powder (d) table salt
- 29.🛟 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
- 30.🍯 Which of these is less dense than water? (a) a glass marble (b) a pebble (c) a coin (d) an ice cube
- 31.🔮 A cork floats in tap water. What happens in very salty water? (a) it sinks (b) it dissolves (c) it turns white (d) it still floats
- 32.🛟 Does a ping-pong ball float or sink in water? (a) floats (b) sinks
- 33.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) slower (b) faster (c) it floats up (d) it stops in the air
- 34.🧺 Which of these is needed for the water rainbow? (a) a magnet (b) yeast (c) bright sunlight (d) turmeric powder
- 35.🧺 Do we need honey for the density tower? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 36.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the card-on-a-glass trick? (a) a glass of water (b) a battery cell (c) a towel (d) a stiff postcard
- 37.⚖️ 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 glass”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
- 38.True or false: sugar stirred well dissolves slower. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🧺 Which of these is needed for the float-or-sink test? (a) a tub of water (b) turmeric powder (c) a balloon (d) a magnet
- 40.🥛 Does a medicine dropper work by air pressure or by magnetism? (a) air pressure (b) magnetism
Answer key
- hot water can scald
- a magnet
- honey
- we measure it
- time to dissolve
- False
- we measure it
- True
- wipe them dry
- floats
- cooking oil
- False
- the tub of water
- False
- it settles at the bottom
- faster
- it sinks
- turmeric powder
- 7
- cooking oil
- a cork
- False
- the length of the stem
- True
- False
- snow turning to water
- False
- chalk powder
- to keep children safe
- an ice cube
- it still floats
- floats
- faster
- bright sunlight
- needed
- a battery cell
- we keep it the same
- False
- a tub of water
- air pressure
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