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: water with food colour is needed for the density tower. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🔮 Predict: you gently drop a small cork into the tower. Where does it stop? (a) on top of the oil (b) in the honey layer (c) in the water layer (d) under the honey
- 3.⚖️ 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 kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 4.⚖️ 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 the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 5.True or false: yeast is needed for the density tower. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an ice cube (b) very salty water (c) a glass marble (d) honey
- 7.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the density tower? (a) a spoon (b) a magnet (c) a tall clear glass (d) cooking oil
- 8.🧺 Do we need a spoon for the density tower? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 9.🍯 Which of these is denser than water? (a) cooking oil (b) a ping-pong ball (c) an ice cube (d) a glass marble
- 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 same three liquids is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking oil (b) honey (c) a coin (d) very salty water
- 12.⚖️ 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 glass (b) how much of each liquid (c) the order of pouring (d) the order of the layers
- 13.🛟 Why should we wipe up spilled oil at once? (a) oil attracts magnets (b) spilled oil is slippery (c) oil makes it rain (d) oil turns into honey
- 14.True or false: a spoon is needed for the density tower. (a) False (b) True
- 15.🧺 Three of these are needed for the density tower. Which one is NOT needed? (a) water with food colour (b) cooking oil (c) yeast (d) a tall clear glass
- 16.🔍 Which layer is on top in the honey-water-oil tower? (a) cooking oil (b) coloured water (c) the spoon (d) honey
- 17.True or false: a cork is denser than water. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🧺 Do we need cooking oil for the density tower? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 19.🧺 Three of these are needed for the density tower. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cooking oil (b) a tall clear glass (c) a magnet (d) water with food colour
- 20.⚖️ 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
- 21.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the density tower? (a) a spoon (b) honey (c) a tall clear glass (d) a battery cell
- 22.True or false: honey is denser than water. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🍯 Which of these is denser than water? (a) a pebble (b) an ice cube (c) a ping-pong ball (d) air
- 24.True or false: a battery cell is not needed for the density tower. (a) False (b) True
- 25.True or false: a mirror is needed for the density tower. (a) False (b) True
- 26.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for the density tower. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pebble (b) air (c) a coin (d) very salty water
- 28.⚖️ 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) False (b) True
- 29.🍯 Is a cork denser or less dense than water? (a) denser than water (b) less dense than water
- 30.🧺 Three of these are needed for the density tower. Which one is NOT needed? (a) water with food colour (b) a tall clear glass (c) a battery cell (d) honey
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coin (b) an ice cube (c) a cork (d) air
- 32.⚖️ 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
- 33.🧺 Three of these are needed for the density tower. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a spoon (b) a balloon (c) honey (d) a tall clear glass
- 34.🔍 What do you see after pouring honey, water and oil into one glass? (a) one mixed colour (b) the glass gets hot (c) bubbles of gas (d) three separate layers
- 35.🍯 Is air denser or less dense than water? (a) less dense than water (b) denser than water
- 36.⚖️ 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 change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
- 37.🧺 Three of these are needed for the density tower. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a mirror (b) cooking oil (c) a tall clear glass (d) water with food colour
- 38.⚖️ 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 measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
- 39.🧺 Which of these is needed for the density tower? (a) a mirror (b) yeast (c) honey (d) a magnet
- 40.🍯 Is a pebble denser or less dense than water? (a) less dense than water (b) denser than water
Answer key
- True
- on top of the oil
- False
- False
- False
- an ice cube
- a magnet
- needed
- a glass marble
- False
- cooking oil
- the order of the layers
- spilled oil is slippery
- True
- yeast
- cooking oil
- False
- needed
- a magnet
- we keep it the same
- a battery cell
- True
- a pebble
- True
- False
- True
- air
- False
- less dense than water
- a battery cell
- a coin
- True
- a balloon
- three separate layers
- less dense than water
- we keep it the same
- a mirror
- we keep it the same
- honey
- denser than water
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