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