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