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.True or false: air is denser than water. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🍯 Is cooking oil denser or less dense than water? (a) less dense than water (b) denser than water
- 3.🧺 Which of these is needed for the density tower? (a) a mirror (b) turmeric powder (c) water with food colour (d) a balloon
- 4.🍯 Why does honey sink to the bottom of the glass? (a) it is yellow (b) it is the stickiest (c) it is the densest (d) it is the coldest
- 5.🧺 Which of these is needed for the density tower? (a) yeast (b) turmeric powder (c) a magnet (d) a spoon
- 6.🧺 Three of these are needed for the density tower. Which one is NOT needed? (a) honey (b) a battery cell (c) cooking oil (d) a tall clear glass
- 7.True or false: a coin is denser than water. (a) False (b) True
- 8.⚖️ 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) True (b) False
- 9.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the density tower? (a) a spoon (b) honey (c) cooking oil (d) a magnet
- 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) True (b) False
- 11.⚖️ 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 kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the density tower? (a) a tall clear glass (b) turmeric powder (c) honey (d) a spoon
- 13.⚖️ Fair test — do the layers end up in the same order if we pour the liquids in a different order? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the same three liquids (b) the order of the layers (c) the order of pouring
- 14.🧺 Three of these are needed for the density tower. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a tall clear glass (b) water with food colour (c) cooking oil (d) yeast
- 15.⚖️ 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 order of pouring”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
- 16.🔮 Predict: you shake oil and water hard in a closed bottle and wait. What happens? (a) they mix for ever (b) they become solid (c) they separate again (d) they turn to honey
- 17.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
- 18.🧺 Three of these are needed for the density tower. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a balloon (b) water with food colour (c) a spoon (d) cooking oil
- 19.⚖️ 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) how much of each liquid (b) the order of the layers (c) the same three liquids (d) the same glass
- 20.🍯 Is honey denser or less dense than water? (a) less dense than water (b) denser than water
- 21.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the density tower? (a) a spoon (b) water with food colour (c) a mirror (d) a tall clear glass
- 22.🍯 Which of these is less dense than water? (a) cooking oil (b) a pebble (c) a coin (d) honey
- 23.🍯 Which of these is less dense than water? (a) a glass marble (b) a pebble (c) very salty water (d) a ping-pong ball
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cork (b) a ping-pong ball (c) honey (d) air
- 25.🛟 Why should we wipe up spilled oil at once? (a) oil turns into honey (b) spilled oil is slippery (c) oil makes it rain (d) oil attracts magnets
- 26.🍯 Is a pebble denser or less dense than water? (a) less dense than water (b) denser than water
- 27.🔮 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
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pebble (b) honey (c) very salty water (d) air
- 29.⚖️ 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
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) air (b) an ice cube (c) very salty water (d) cooking oil
- 31.🛟 Which rule keeps the density tower experiment safe? (a) pour it on the floor (b) do not lick the spoon (c) taste each layer (d) throw the glass
- 32.True or false: a balloon is not needed for the density tower. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the density tower? (a) yeast (b) a tall clear glass (c) honey (d) cooking oil
- 34.⚖️ Fair test — do the layers end up in the same order if we pour the liquids in a different order? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the order of the layers (b) the order of pouring (c) the same glass
- 35.🧺 Do we need a spoon for the density tower? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 36.🧺 Do we need honey for the density tower? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 37.🔍 Which layer is on top in the honey-water-oil tower? (a) cooking oil (b) coloured water (c) the spoon (d) honey
- 38.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for the density tower? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 39.True or false: a spoon is not needed for the density tower. (a) False (b) True
- 40.⚖️ 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 what we measure. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- False
- less dense than water
- water with food colour
- it is the densest
- a spoon
- a battery cell
- True
- False
- a magnet
- False
- True
- turmeric powder
- the same three liquids
- yeast
- we change it
- they separate again
- we keep it the same
- a balloon
- the order of the layers
- denser than water
- a mirror
- cooking oil
- a ping-pong ball
- honey
- spilled oil is slippery
- denser than water
- on top of the oil
- air
- True
- very salty water
- do not lick the spoon
- True
- yeast
- the same glass
- needed
- needed
- cooking oil
- not needed
- False
- False
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