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Science Behind Floating

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How can a shop prevent sinking?

a)

displacement

b)

swimming

c)

limiting people

d)

having floaties

2.

What does displacement mean?

a)

placing the dishes

b)

when an object is displaced water is pushed aside

c)

when you go shopping

d)

floating in place

3.

What is an example of displacement?

a)

when you load people onto a ship

b)

when ducks fly

c)

when you drop an ice cube in a full glass of water and water spills out

d)

forgetting where you put something

4.

What is an example of displacement?

a)

forgetting to put on sunscreen

b)

swimming backwards

c)

taking the dog for a walk

d)

when the bath tub is full of water, you get in, and water spills out

5.

How do ships displace water?

a)

wide bottom

b)

deep bottom

c)

empty space

d)

all of these

6.

What is light...

a)

floats

b)

sinks

c)

swims

d)

goes around

7.

What is heavy...

a)

floats

b)

sinks

c)

swims

d)

goes around

8.

Density means

a)

the amount of mass something has, relative to its volume

b)

you can't see through it

c)

it is heavy

d)

it can disappear

9.

True or False: A bucket of sand is more dense then an empty bucket.

a)

true

b)

false

10.

What does H20 mean?

a)

hello

b)

water

c)

food

d)

ship

11.

In the video when she puts more rocks in the bowl that is floating in the water...

a)

she eats cereal

b)

the bowl stays floating

c)

the bowl gets cold

d)

the bowl begins to sink

12.

True or False: Science is my favorite subject

a)

true

b)

false

13.

True or False: I tried the STEM challenge this week

a)

true

b)

false

14.

True or False: My STEM boat was a success!

a)

true

b)

false

c)

I'll do STEM later

15.

What is the best kind of Science?

a)

STEM

b)

Experiments

c)

Watching it on video

d)

Reading it in a book