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