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