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Salt Crystal Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 18: Growing salt crystals · Set 130 · 40 questions
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What you do (Dry out, crystals in): 1. An adult pours warm water into a cup. 2. Stir in salt, a spoon at a time, until no more dissolves. 3. Pour the salty water into a shallow dish and lay a string in it. 4. Leave it on a sunny windowsill, out of reach of small children, and check each day.

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  1. 1.🧈 Can this change be undone: baking a cake? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sawdust (b) cooking oil (c) chalk powder (d) baking soda
  3. 3.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? Which of these is kept the same? (a) sunny or shady place (b) days to see crystals (c) the amount of water
  4. 4.True or false: a spoon is not needed for growing salt crystals. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🛟 Where should you keep the crystal dish while it dries? (a) in a busy doorway (b) next to the baby (c) on the edge of a table (d) safe from small children
  6. 6.🧺 Do we need a mirror for growing salt crystals? (a) needed (b) not needed
  7. 7.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? Which of these is kept the same? (a) sunny or shady place (b) days to see crystals (c) the same dish
  8. 8.🧺 Which of these is not needed for growing salt crystals? (a) a piece of string (b) salt (c) yeast (d) a spoon
  9. 9.🛟 Who should pour the warm water for the crystal experiment? (a) nobody needs to (b) a friend who is running (c) the youngest child (d) a grown-up
  10. 10.True or false: chalk powder does not dissolve in water. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.📘 What do we call a solution that cannot dissolve any more salt? (a) saturated (b) frozen (c) magnetic (d) empty
  12. 12.🧺 Which of these is needed for growing salt crystals? (a) a magnet (b) turmeric powder (c) yeast (d) a piece of string
  13. 13.🧂 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) sand (b) chalk powder (c) table salt (d) small pebbles
  14. 14.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) freezing water (b) melting ice (c) dissolving salt (d) baking a cake
  15. 15.True or false: folding paper is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🧂 Which of these does not dissolve in water? (a) sugar (b) baking soda (c) chalk powder (d) glucose powder
  17. 17.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a magnet (b) a spoon (c) salt (d) a piece of string
  18. 18.🧺 Do we need a balloon for growing salt crystals? (a) not needed (b) needed
  19. 19.True or false: yeast is needed for growing salt crystals. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? What do we do with “days to see crystals”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
  21. 21.🧺 Do we need yeast for growing salt crystals? (a) needed (b) not needed
  22. 22.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) sunny or shady place (b) the amount of salt (c) the amount of water (d) the same dish
  23. 23.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? True or false: the amount of water is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🧂 Does cooking oil dissolve in water? (a) does not dissolve (b) dissolves in water
  25. 25.🧈 Can this change be undone: dissolving salt? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  26. 26.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting butter? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  27. 27.True or false: baking soda dissolves in water. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: a mirror is not needed for growing salt crystals. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) dissolving salt (b) freezing water (c) folding paper (d) browning lemon ink
  30. 30.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? True or false: the amount of water is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? True or false: sunny or shady place is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) salt (b) a piece of string (c) yeast (d) warm water
  33. 33.🧂 Which of these does not dissolve in water? (a) sugar (b) baking soda (c) cooking oil (d) food colour
  34. 34.🧂 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) baking soda (b) chalk powder (c) small pebbles (d) sawdust
  35. 35.🧺 Do we need a magnet for growing salt crystals? (a) not needed (b) needed
  36. 36.🔮 Predict: you use sugar instead of salt. What happens as it dries? (a) salt crystals form (b) sugar crystals form (c) it turns to butter (d) it turns to oil
  37. 37.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) milk turning to curd (b) folding paper (c) browning lemon ink (d) baking a cake
  38. 38.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? What do we do with “sunny or shady place”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
  39. 39.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? True or false: the amount of salt is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) warm water (b) a piece of string (c) a spoon (d) a mirror

Answer key

  1. cannot be undone
  2. baking soda
  3. the amount of water
  4. False
  5. safe from small children
  6. not needed
  7. the same dish
  8. yeast
  9. a grown-up
  10. True
  11. saturated
  12. a piece of string
  13. table salt
  14. baking a cake
  15. False
  16. chalk powder
  17. a magnet
  18. not needed
  19. False
  20. we measure it
  21. not needed
  22. sunny or shady place
  23. False
  24. does not dissolve
  25. can be undone
  26. can be undone
  27. True
  28. True
  29. browning lemon ink
  30. True
  31. False
  32. yeast
  33. cooking oil
  34. baking soda
  35. not needed
  36. sugar crystals form
  37. folding paper
  38. we change it
  39. False
  40. a mirror

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