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Salt Crystal Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 18: Growing salt crystals · Set 185 · 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.🧺 Do we need yeast for growing salt crystals? (a) not needed (b) needed
  2. 2.True or false: cooking an egg is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🛟 Who should pour the warm water for the crystal experiment? (a) a grown-up (b) nobody needs to (c) a friend who is running (d) the youngest child
  4. 4.🧺 Which of these is needed for growing salt crystals? (a) yeast (b) a magnet (c) salt (d) a mirror
  5. 5.🧂 Does chalk powder dissolve in water? (a) does not dissolve (b) dissolves in water
  6. 6.🧂 Does sand dissolve in water? (a) does not dissolve (b) dissolves in water
  7. 7.🔮 Predict: crystals grow slowly where nobody disturbs them. How big are they? (a) smaller crystals (b) liquid crystals (c) no crystals (d) bigger crystals
  8. 8.True or false: yeast is not needed for growing salt crystals. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🧂 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) sand (b) cooking oil (c) small pebbles (d) table salt
  10. 10.🧺 Do we need a mirror for growing salt crystals? (a) needed (b) not needed
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chalk powder (b) glucose powder (c) sugar (d) table salt
  12. 12.🧺 Do we need a magnet for growing salt crystals? (a) not needed (b) needed
  13. 13.🧈 Can this change be undone: milk turning to curd? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  14. 14.🧂 Does glucose powder dissolve in water? (a) does not dissolve (b) dissolves in water
  15. 15.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? What do we do with “the same dish”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
  16. 16.True or false: a balloon is not needed for growing salt crystals. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🧺 Which of these is not needed for growing salt crystals? (a) a piece of string (b) a spoon (c) a shallow dish (d) a battery cell
  18. 18.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) rusting iron (b) folding paper (c) cooking an egg (d) milk turning to curd
  19. 19.True or false: browning lemon ink is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🧺 Do we need a spoon for growing salt crystals? (a) not needed (b) needed
  21. 21.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? What do we do with “the amount of salt”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
  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) the amount of salt (b) the amount of water (c) sunny or shady place (d) days to see crystals
  23. 23.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) milk turning to curd (b) melting butter (c) freezing water (d) folding paper
  24. 24.🧺 Which of these is needed for growing salt crystals? (a) a magnet (b) a battery cell (c) a piece of string (d) a balloon
  25. 25.🌊 How is salt made in salt pans by the sea? (a) fish make it (b) sea water evaporates (c) salt rains down (d) sand is ground up
  26. 26.True or false: a balloon is needed for growing salt crystals. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? What do we do with “the kind of salt”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
  28. 28.True or false: baking a cake is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🧂 Which of these does not dissolve in water? (a) table salt (b) sand (c) baking soda (d) glucose powder
  30. 30.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting butter (b) freezing water (c) dissolving salt (d) cooking an egg
  31. 31.🧂 Which of these does not dissolve in water? (a) glucose powder (b) baking soda (c) sugar (d) cooking oil
  32. 32.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) browning lemon ink (b) cooking an egg (c) dissolving salt (d) rusting iron
  33. 33.🧺 Do we need a balloon for growing salt crystals? (a) needed (b) not needed
  34. 34.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the kind of salt (b) the amount of salt (c) the amount of water (d) days to see crystals
  35. 35.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? True or false: sunny or shady place is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: baking soda does not dissolve in water. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? What do we do with “the amount of water”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
  38. 38.🧈 Can this change be undone: browning lemon ink? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  39. 39.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
  40. 40.🧂 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) chalk powder (b) sand (c) glucose powder (d) small pebbles

Answer key

  1. not needed
  2. False
  3. a grown-up
  4. salt
  5. does not dissolve
  6. does not dissolve
  7. bigger crystals
  8. True
  9. table salt
  10. not needed
  11. chalk powder
  12. not needed
  13. cannot be undone
  14. dissolves in water
  15. we keep it the same
  16. True
  17. a battery cell
  18. folding paper
  19. True
  20. needed
  21. we keep it the same
  22. sunny or shady place
  23. milk turning to curd
  24. a piece of string
  25. sea water evaporates
  26. False
  27. we keep it the same
  28. False
  29. sand
  30. cooking an egg
  31. cooking oil
  32. dissolving salt
  33. not needed
  34. days to see crystals
  35. False
  36. False
  37. we keep it the same
  38. cannot be undone
  39. we change it
  40. glucose powder

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