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