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