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Salt Crystal Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 18: Growing salt crystals · Set 523 · 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.True or false: melting ice is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: table salt does not dissolve in water. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: salt is needed for growing salt crystals. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🧂 Does cooking oil dissolve in water? (a) does not dissolve (b) dissolves in water
  5. 5.🧂 Which of these does not dissolve in water? (a) sugar (b) chalk powder (c) glucose powder (d) food colour
  6. 6.True or false: a mirror is not needed for growing salt crystals. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🧂 Does chalk powder dissolve in water? (a) does not dissolve (b) dissolves in water
  8. 8.🧺 Which of these is needed for growing salt crystals? (a) a piece of string (b) a magnet (c) a balloon (d) yeast
  9. 9.True or false: food colour dissolves in water. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🛟 Where should you keep the crystal dish while it dries? (a) on the edge of a table (b) in a busy doorway (c) next to the baby (d) safe from small children
  11. 11.🧂 Does glucose powder dissolve in water? (a) does not dissolve (b) dissolves in water
  12. 12.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a shallow dish (b) a piece of string (c) turmeric powder (d) warm water
  13. 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) sunny or shady place (b) the kind of salt (c) the amount of salt (d) days to see crystals
  14. 14.True or false: a spoon is not needed for growing salt crystals. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🧂 Does small pebbles dissolve in water? (a) does not dissolve (b) dissolves in water
  16. 16.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting butter? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  17. 17.🧂 Does sand dissolve in water? (a) dissolves in water (b) does not dissolve
  18. 18.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? True or false: sunny or shady place is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) table salt (b) cooking oil (c) sand (d) chalk powder
  20. 20.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a magnet (b) salt (c) warm water (d) a shallow dish
  21. 21.🛟 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
  22. 22.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we change it
  23. 23.🧂 Which of these does not dissolve in water? (a) small pebbles (b) food colour (c) sugar (d) baking soda
  24. 24.🧺 Which of these is needed for growing salt crystals? (a) salt (b) yeast (c) a magnet (d) a balloon
  25. 25.🧂 Does sugar dissolve in water? (a) does not dissolve (b) dissolves in water
  26. 26.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) melting ice (c) milk turning to curd (d) browning lemon ink
  27. 27.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) dissolving salt (c) milk turning to curd (d) cooking an egg
  28. 28.True or false: small pebbles does not dissolve in water. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) warm water (b) a balloon (c) a spoon (d) salt
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking oil (b) chalk powder (c) baking soda (d) small pebbles
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sugar (b) cooking oil (c) table salt (d) glucose powder
  32. 32.🔮 Predict: you cover the dish so no water can escape. What happens? (a) crystals grow faster (b) it turns sweet (c) few or no crystals (d) it fizzes
  33. 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 change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
  34. 34.🧺 Which of these is needed for growing salt crystals? (a) yeast (b) warm water (c) a balloon (d) a magnet
  35. 35.🔮 Predict: you use sugar instead of salt. What happens as it dries? (a) it turns to butter (b) sugar crystals form (c) it turns to oil (d) salt crystals form
  36. 36.🧈 Can this change be undone: baking a cake? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) food colour (b) sugar (c) table salt (d) sawdust
  38. 38.⚖️ 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 change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
  39. 39.True or false: freezing water is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) table salt (b) small pebbles (c) baking soda (d) sugar

Answer key

  1. False
  2. False
  3. True
  4. does not dissolve
  5. chalk powder
  6. True
  7. does not dissolve
  8. a piece of string
  9. True
  10. safe from small children
  11. dissolves in water
  12. turmeric powder
  13. sunny or shady place
  14. False
  15. does not dissolve
  16. can be undone
  17. does not dissolve
  18. False
  19. table salt
  20. a magnet
  21. a grown-up
  22. we keep it the same
  23. small pebbles
  24. salt
  25. dissolves in water
  26. melting ice
  27. dissolving salt
  28. True
  29. a balloon
  30. baking soda
  31. cooking oil
  32. few or no crystals
  33. we keep it the same
  34. warm water
  35. sugar crystals form
  36. cannot be undone
  37. sawdust
  38. we change it
  39. False
  40. small pebbles

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