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Salt Crystal Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 18: Growing salt crystals · Set 494 · 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 a shallow dish for growing salt crystals? (a) not needed (b) needed
  2. 2.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for growing salt crystals? (a) not needed (b) needed
  3. 3.🧂 Does chalk powder dissolve in water? (a) dissolves in water (b) does not dissolve
  4. 4.True or false: browning lemon ink is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small pebbles (b) sawdust (c) sugar (d) sand
  6. 6.🧂 Does food colour dissolve in water? (a) dissolves in water (b) does not dissolve
  7. 7.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) turmeric powder (b) a shallow dish (c) salt (d) warm water
  8. 8.🧂 Why do crystals appear as the dish dries? (a) the dish melts (b) salt eats water (c) water evaporates (d) salt grows roots
  9. 9.🧂 Does baking soda dissolve in water? (a) dissolves in water (b) does not dissolve
  10. 10.🧺 Which of these is not needed for growing salt crystals? (a) a battery cell (b) a piece of string (c) a shallow dish (d) a spoon
  11. 11.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting butter? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  12. 12.🧈 Can this change be undone: rusting iron? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  13. 13.🧈 Can this change be undone: dissolving salt? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) food colour (b) sand (c) chalk powder (d) small pebbles
  15. 15.📘 What do we call a solution that cannot dissolve any more salt? (a) empty (b) magnetic (c) saturated (d) frozen
  16. 16.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? True or false: the same dish is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a shallow dish (b) warm water (c) salt (d) a battery cell
  18. 18.🧂 Does glucose powder dissolve in water? (a) dissolves in water (b) does not dissolve
  19. 19.🌊 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
  20. 20.🧂 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) sugar (b) sawdust (c) chalk powder (d) small pebbles
  21. 21.🔮 Predict: you cover the dish so no water can escape. What happens? (a) it fizzes (b) it turns sweet (c) few or no crystals (d) crystals grow faster
  22. 22.⚖️ 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) sunny or shady place (c) the same dish
  23. 23.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? True or false: days to see crystals is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: milk turning to curd is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🧺 Which of these is not needed for growing salt crystals? (a) a piece of string (b) warm water (c) a shallow dish (d) a balloon
  26. 26.True or false: baking a cake is a change that cannot be undone. (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 “days to see crystals”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
  28. 28.🧺 Which of these is needed for growing salt crystals? (a) a battery cell (b) warm water (c) yeast (d) turmeric powder
  29. 29.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a magnet (b) a shallow dish (c) a spoon (d) a piece of string
  30. 30.🧺 Which of these is not needed for growing salt crystals? (a) a mirror (b) a piece of string (c) salt (d) warm water
  31. 31.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) dissolving salt (b) melting butter (c) folding paper (d) baking a cake
  32. 32.⚖️ 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
  33. 33.True or false: folding paper is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🧺 Which of these is not needed for growing salt crystals? (a) a magnet (b) a piece of string (c) warm water (d) salt
  35. 35.True or false: a balloon is needed for growing salt crystals. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) browning lemon ink (b) melting butter (c) rusting iron (d) cooking an egg
  37. 37.True or false: table salt does not dissolve in water. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔮 Predict: crystals grow slowly where nobody disturbs them. How big are they? (a) liquid crystals (b) bigger crystals (c) smaller crystals (d) no crystals
  39. 39.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a spoon (b) warm water (c) yeast (d) salt
  40. 40.🧂 Does sawdust dissolve in water? (a) dissolves in water (b) does not dissolve

Answer key

  1. needed
  2. not needed
  3. does not dissolve
  4. False
  5. sugar
  6. dissolves in water
  7. turmeric powder
  8. water evaporates
  9. dissolves in water
  10. a battery cell
  11. can be undone
  12. cannot be undone
  13. can be undone
  14. food colour
  15. saturated
  16. False
  17. a battery cell
  18. dissolves in water
  19. sea water evaporates
  20. sugar
  21. few or no crystals
  22. the same dish
  23. True
  24. False
  25. a balloon
  26. True
  27. we measure it
  28. warm water
  29. a magnet
  30. a mirror
  31. baking a cake
  32. we keep it the same
  33. False
  34. a magnet
  35. False
  36. melting butter
  37. False
  38. bigger crystals
  39. yeast
  40. does not dissolve

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