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