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.🧺 Do we need honey for the density tower? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 2.True or false: an ice cube is less dense than water. (a) False (b) True
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ping-pong ball (b) honey (c) a coin (d) a pebble
- 4.🔍 Which layer is on top in the honey-water-oil tower? (a) cooking oil (b) the spoon (c) coloured water (d) honey
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) very salty water (b) a pebble (c) a glass marble (d) cooking oil
- 6.⚖️ 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 pouring (c) how much of each liquid (d) the order of the layers
- 7.🍯 Which of these is less dense than water? (a) honey (b) a coin (c) a pebble (d) cooking oil
- 8.🧺 Three of these are needed for the density tower. Which one is NOT needed? (a) water with food colour (b) a spoon (c) a magnet (d) a tall clear glass
- 9.⚖️ 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
- 10.🧺 Three of these are needed for the density tower. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a tall clear glass (b) a balloon (c) cooking oil (d) a spoon
- 11.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the density tower? (a) cooking oil (b) honey (c) yeast (d) a spoon
- 12.🧺 Do we need water with food colour for the density tower? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 13.True or false: a spoon is not needed for the density tower. (a) True (b) False
- 14.True or false: a magnet is needed for the density tower. (a) True (b) False
- 15.⚖️ 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 glass is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 16.True or false: a coin is denser than water. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🧺 Do we need cooking oil for the density tower? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 18.🔮 Predict: you shake oil and water hard in a closed bottle and wait. What happens? (a) they mix for ever (b) they separate again (c) they become solid (d) they turn to honey
- 19.True or false: a pebble is denser than water. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🧺 Three of these are needed for the density tower. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a battery cell (b) honey (c) cooking oil (d) a tall clear glass
- 21.True or false: a mirror is needed for the density tower. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🧺 Which of these is needed for the density tower? (a) turmeric powder (b) yeast (c) a balloon (d) a tall clear glass
- 23.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
- 24.🧺 Do we need a spoon for the density tower? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 25.🧺 Three of these are needed for the density tower. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a spoon (b) water with food colour (c) turmeric powder (d) honey
- 26.True or false: a glass marble is denser than water. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🍯 Why does honey sink to the bottom of the glass? (a) it is the densest (b) it is yellow (c) it is the stickiest (d) it is the coldest
- 28.True or false: cooking oil is not needed for the density tower. (a) False (b) True
- 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 what we measure. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🧺 Three of these are needed for the density tower. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cooking oil (b) yeast (c) honey (d) water with food colour
- 31.⚖️ 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 the layers (c) the order of pouring
- 32.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the density tower? (a) cooking oil (b) honey (c) a spoon (d) turmeric powder
- 33.True or false: a coin is less dense than water. (a) False (b) True
- 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 order of pouring”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
- 35.True or false: a tall clear glass is needed for the density tower. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🧺 Do we need yeast for the density tower? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 37.🧺 Three of these are needed for the density tower. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a tall clear glass (b) honey (c) a spoon (d) a mirror
- 38.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the density tower? (a) a tall clear glass (b) a magnet (c) a spoon (d) cooking oil
- 39.🍯 Which of these is denser than water? (a) a coin (b) cooking oil (c) air (d) a cork
- 40.⚖️ 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) how much of each liquid (c) the same three liquids (d) the same glass
Answer key
- needed
- True
- a ping-pong ball
- cooking oil
- cooking oil
- the order of the layers
- cooking oil
- a magnet
- we keep it the same
- a balloon
- yeast
- needed
- False
- False
- True
- True
- needed
- they separate again
- True
- a battery cell
- False
- a tall clear glass
- we keep it the same
- needed
- turmeric powder
- True
- it is the densest
- False
- False
- yeast
- the same glass
- turmeric powder
- False
- we change it
- True
- not needed
- a mirror
- a magnet
- a coin
- the order of pouring
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