Density Tower Experiment Worksheet
What you do (Heaviest for its size sinks): 1. Pour honey slowly into the glass to fill about a quarter. 2. Pour coloured water gently down the side of the glass. 3. Pour the cooking oil gently on top and watch the layers settle. 4. Gently drop in a cork and a coin, see where each stops, and wipe up oil spills.
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- 1.🧺 Three of these are needed for the density tower. Which one is NOT needed? (a) honey (b) cooking oil (c) water with food colour (d) a magnet
- 2.True or false: a battery cell is needed for the density tower. (a) True (b) False
- 3.🛟 Why should we wipe up spilled oil at once? (a) oil makes it rain (b) oil attracts magnets (c) spilled oil is slippery (d) oil turns into honey
- 4.True or false: cooking oil is needed for the density tower. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🍯 Is honey denser or less dense than water? (a) less dense than water (b) denser than water
- 6.🧺 Which of these is needed for the density tower? (a) a battery cell (b) a magnet (c) water with food colour (d) turmeric powder
- 7.⚖️ 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 “how much of each liquid”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
- 8.🍯 Is air denser or less dense than water? (a) denser than water (b) less dense than water
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pebble (b) a coin (c) very salty water (d) a ping-pong ball
- 10.⚖️ 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 kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🛟 Which rule keeps the density tower experiment safe? (a) do not lick the spoon (b) pour it on the floor (c) taste each layer (d) throw the glass
- 12.🍯 Which of these is denser than water? (a) a cork (b) an ice cube (c) cooking oil (d) a pebble
- 13.🧺 Do we need a tall clear glass for the density tower? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 14.True or false: a pebble is less dense than water. (a) True (b) False
- 15.⚖️ Fair test — do the layers end up in the same order if we pour the liquids in a different order? True or false: the same glass is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 16.🧺 Three of these are needed for the density tower. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a spoon (b) water with food colour (c) honey (d) a balloon
- 17.🔮 Predict: you gently drop a coin into the tower. Where does it end up? (a) in the water layer (b) on top of the oil (c) in the oil layer (d) at the very bottom
- 18.🍯 Is cooking oil denser or less dense than water? (a) less dense than water (b) denser than water
- 19.True or false: a tall clear glass is needed for the density tower. (a) True (b) False
- 20.⚖️ Fair test — do the layers end up in the same order if we pour the liquids in a different order? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) how much of each liquid (b) the same glass (c) the same three liquids (d) the order of pouring
- 21.⚖️ 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 measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
- 22.⚖️ Fair test — do the layers end up in the same order if we pour the liquids in a different order? True or false: how much of each liquid is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 23.⚖️ 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 same three liquids (b) how much of each liquid (c) the order of the layers (d) the order of pouring
- 24.⚖️ 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
- 25.🍯 Which of these is less dense than water? (a) very salty water (b) a glass marble (c) a coin (d) air
- 26.🍯 Is a pebble denser or less dense than water? (a) denser than water (b) less dense than water
- 27.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for the density tower. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🔍 What do you see after pouring honey, water and oil into one glass? (a) bubbles of gas (b) three separate layers (c) one mixed colour (d) the glass gets hot
- 29.True or false: a magnet is not needed for the density tower. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🍯 Which of these is less dense than water? (a) cooking oil (b) a coin (c) a glass marble (d) honey
- 31.🍯 Why does honey sink to the bottom of the glass? (a) it is the densest (b) it is the stickiest (c) it is yellow (d) it is the coldest
- 32.🧺 Do we need a magnet for the density tower? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 33.True or false: a balloon is not needed for the density tower. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🔮 Predict: you gently drop a small cork into the tower. Where does it stop? (a) under the honey (b) on top of the oil (c) in the water layer (d) in the honey layer
- 35.🧺 Do we need yeast for the density tower? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 36.🧺 Which of these is needed for the density tower? (a) a magnet (b) turmeric powder (c) a spoon (d) a balloon
- 37.🍯 Which of these is less dense than water? (a) a pebble (b) a ping-pong ball (c) a glass marble (d) a coin
- 38.⚖️ Fair test — do the layers end up in the same order if we pour the liquids in a different order? True or false: the same three liquids is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 39.⚖️ 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 the layers is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pebble (b) honey (c) a coin (d) air
Answer key
- a magnet
- False
- spilled oil is slippery
- True
- denser than water
- water with food colour
- we keep it the same
- less dense than water
- a ping-pong ball
- False
- do not lick the spoon
- a pebble
- needed
- False
- False
- a balloon
- at the very bottom
- less dense than water
- True
- the order of pouring
- we keep it the same
- False
- the order of the layers
- True
- air
- denser than water
- True
- three separate layers
- True
- cooking oil
- it is the densest
- not needed
- True
- on top of the oil
- not needed
- a spoon
- a ping-pong ball
- True
- True
- air
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