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