DENSITY LAB: ANSWER SHEET
HYPOTHESIS #1:
What do you think will happen if you pour the oil into the water?
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OBSERVATION #1:
What happened? Was your hypothesis correct?
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EXPLANATION #1:
What is the density of water? __________
Infer whether the density of oil is greater or less than the density of water
based on your observation.
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Give a real-world example of where you might observe water and oil
interacting in this way.
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HYPOTHESIS #2:
What do you think will happen if you pour the salt into the beaker
containing the oil and water?
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OBSERVATION #2:
What happened initially? What happened next? Was your hypothesis
correct?
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EXPLANATION #2:
Infer whether the density of the salt/oil mixture is greater or less than water.
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Attempt to explain why the second part of the reaction occurred.
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HYPOTHESIS #3:
What do you think will happen if you pour the sugar into the beaker
containing the oil and water?
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OBSERVATION #3:
What happened? Was your hypothesis correct?
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EXPLANATION #3:
Infer whether the density of the sugar/oil mixture is greater or less than
water.
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Attempt to explain what you observed.
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HYPOTHESIS #4:
What do you think will happen if you pour the sand into the beaker
containing the oil and water?
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OBSERVATION #4:
What happened? Was your hypothesis correct?
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EXPLANATION #4:
Infer whether the density of the sand/oil mixture is greater or less than
water.
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Attempt to explain what you observed.
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FINAL OBSERVATION:
Compare and contrast the state of each of the three beakers. Mention what
happened to the oil and what happened to the substances.
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