Permeable or Questions

Impermeable? 1. Find and copy a word that means something can

absorb water.
9 Investigate if a rock is permeable or impermeable by 
13 creating your own experiment!
2. Which materials are used in the experiment?
16 You will need:
Tick one.
20 • different types of rock a pipette
22 • a pipette a ruler
23 • water a paper towel
24 • paper a pen
26 • a pencil
3. Summarise what this experiment is trying to
37 1. Firstly, place each rock on a separate piece of paper. find out.
48 2. Next, use the pipette to drop water onto each rock. 
59 3. Carefully, observe the water to see if it gets absorbed.

69 4. Then, record your observations on a piece of paper.
4. Predict what would happen if you removed
79 5. Finally, look through the results to make your conclusion. step 3.

81 Top tip 
87 Permeable rocks will absorb the water
and impermeable rocks will not. 
92

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 Permeable or Answers
Impermeable? 1. Find and copy a word that means something can
absorb water.
9 Investigate if a rock is permeable or impermeable by permeable
13 creating your own experiment!
2. Which materials are used in the experiment?
16 You will need: Tick one.
20 • different types of rock a pipette
22 • a pipette a ruler
23 • water a paper towel
24 • paper a pen

26 • a pencil 3. Summarise what this experiment is trying to

37 1. Firstly, place each rock on a separate piece of paper. find out.

48 2. Next, use the pipette to drop water onto each rock.
59 3. Carefully, observe the water to see if it gets absorbed.
69 4. Then, record your observations on a piece of paper.
79 5. Finally, look through the results to make your conclusion.
81 Top tip
87 Permeable rocks will absorb the water
92 and impermeable rocks will not.
Pupils’ own responses, such as: This
experiment is testing different rocks to see
if they are permeable or impermeable.
4. Predict what would happen if you removed
step 3.
Pupils’ own responses, such as: I think that if
you removed step 3, your observation would not
be accurate. Water may take a while to absorb
so you might think it is impermeable instead.

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