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