All About Air
Where is Air?
Everywhere!
What makes a parachute get bigger and expand?
air
True or false: Is there air in water
true!
What is the name of the object that helps skydivers land safely from a plane?
A parachute
it will get bigger
True or false: A parachute is a system
true
Bubbles are filled with what?
air!
What does it mean to compress?
it means to squeeze all the air in a smaller space
What is another name for air?
(hint: it is what we breathe)
What is the name of the force that pushes down on a parachute?
(hint: it pushes down on us)
gravity
What helps makes waves in the ocean
wind
If i push down on something really hard, I am applying _________.
pressure
What can air do?
Name 3 things
Air car:
make things move
blow things up
help us breathe
take up space or fill things
make wind
What does an engineer do?
(name 2 things)
they solve problems
they build
they test
they plan
True or False: Animals that live in water need air to breathe?
True!, Animals that live in water like fish breathe in oxygen from the water into their gills
What makes a parachute float down gently
(hint: 2 words)
air resistance
True of False:
Air has weight
true air does have weight it is just very very light
Name 2-3 materials we used to make our model parachutes
sticker dots
string
paper clips
a napkin/paper towel
When we did our experiment with the paper towel in the water, why did it not get wet?
because air takes up space
because the air protected it
because it was in a tube, and the tube had air
Name 2-3 parts of a syringe
barrel, plunger, and a tube (to help liquid travel)