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