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Salt Crystal Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 18: Growing salt crystals · Set 562 · 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.🧈 Can this change be undone: freezing water? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  2. 2.True or false: milk turning to curd is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a balloon (b) salt (c) a spoon (d) a piece of string
  4. 4.🧂 Does small pebbles dissolve in water? (a) does not dissolve (b) dissolves in water
  5. 5.🧺 Do we need a mirror for growing salt crystals? (a) not needed (b) needed
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) food colour (b) baking soda (c) small pebbles (d) sugar
  7. 7.⚖️ 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 amount of salt (c) the amount of water (d) the same dish
  8. 8.True or false: yeast is not needed for growing salt crystals. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🧺 Which of these is needed for growing salt crystals? (a) a battery cell (b) a balloon (c) a magnet (d) salt
  10. 10.🛟 Where should you keep the crystal dish while it dries? (a) next to the baby (b) safe from small children (c) on the edge of a table (d) in a busy doorway
  11. 11.📘 What do we call a solution that cannot dissolve any more salt? (a) frozen (b) saturated (c) magnetic (d) empty
  12. 12.🧺 Do we need a piece of string for growing salt crystals? (a) needed (b) not needed
  13. 13.True or false: freezing water is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: browning lemon ink is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? True or false: the kind of salt is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🌊 How is salt made in salt pans by the sea? (a) fish make it (b) salt rains down (c) sea water evaporates (d) sand is ground up
  17. 17.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) browning lemon ink (b) freezing water (c) baking a cake (d) cooking an egg
  18. 18.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? True or false: the amount of water is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🛟 Who should pour the warm water for the crystal experiment? (a) nobody needs to (b) a grown-up (c) the youngest child (d) a friend who is running
  20. 20.🧺 Which of these is needed for growing salt crystals? (a) a battery cell (b) yeast (c) warm water (d) turmeric powder
  21. 21.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a mirror (b) salt (c) a piece of string (d) a spoon
  22. 22.🧂 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) sand (b) small pebbles (c) cooking oil (d) food colour
  23. 23.🧂 Does baking soda dissolve in water? (a) does not dissolve (b) dissolves in water
  24. 24.🧈 Can this change be undone: baking a cake? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  25. 25.🧂 Which of these does not dissolve in water? (a) chalk powder (b) baking soda (c) sugar (d) table salt
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) food colour (b) table salt (c) sugar (d) sand
  27. 27.🔮 Predict: crystals grow slowly where nobody disturbs them. How big are they? (a) liquid crystals (b) smaller crystals (c) bigger crystals (d) no crystals
  28. 28.True or false: cooking an egg is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a spoon (b) turmeric powder (c) salt (d) a shallow dish
  30. 30.🔮 Predict: you cover the dish so no water can escape. What happens? (a) it fizzes (b) crystals grow faster (c) it turns sweet (d) few or no crystals
  31. 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 keep it the same (c) we change it
  32. 32.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a piece of string (b) a magnet (c) salt (d) warm water
  33. 33.True or false: warm water is needed for growing salt crystals. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.⚖️ 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 same dish (b) sunny or shady place (c) days to see crystals
  35. 35.True or false: warm water is not needed for growing salt crystals. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) milk turning to curd (b) cooking an egg (c) folding paper (d) rusting iron
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sawdust (b) sand (c) cooking oil (d) glucose powder
  38. 38.⚖️ 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) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: rusting iron is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) food colour (b) sawdust (c) small pebbles (d) chalk powder

Answer key

  1. can be undone
  2. False
  3. a balloon
  4. does not dissolve
  5. not needed
  6. small pebbles
  7. sunny or shady place
  8. True
  9. salt
  10. safe from small children
  11. saturated
  12. needed
  13. False
  14. True
  15. False
  16. sea water evaporates
  17. freezing water
  18. True
  19. a grown-up
  20. warm water
  21. a mirror
  22. food colour
  23. dissolves in water
  24. cannot be undone
  25. chalk powder
  26. sand
  27. bigger crystals
  28. False
  29. turmeric powder
  30. few or no crystals
  31. we keep it the same
  32. a magnet
  33. True
  34. the same dish
  35. False
  36. folding paper
  37. glucose powder
  38. False
  39. True
  40. food colour

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