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