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Salt Crystal Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 18: Growing salt crystals · Set 570 · 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.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? True or false: the amount of salt is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: dissolving salt is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🧺 Do we need warm water for growing salt crystals? (a) needed (b) not needed
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) glucose powder (b) food colour (c) table salt (d) cooking oil
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking oil (b) chalk powder (c) table salt (d) sawdust
  6. 6.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) salt (b) a spoon (c) warm water (d) a magnet
  7. 7.⚖️ 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
  8. 8.🧂 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) sand (b) glucose powder (c) cooking oil (d) small pebbles
  9. 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 kept the same. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🧺 Which of these is needed for growing salt crystals? (a) a balloon (b) a piece of string (c) a magnet (d) a mirror
  11. 11.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting butter? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  12. 12.🔮 Predict: crystals grow slowly where nobody disturbs them. How big are they? (a) no crystals (b) liquid crystals (c) smaller crystals (d) bigger crystals
  13. 13.True or false: yeast is not needed for growing salt crystals. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: baking soda does not dissolve in water. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🧺 Do we need a piece of string for growing salt crystals? (a) needed (b) not needed
  16. 16.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) salt (b) a shallow dish (c) a piece of string (d) a mirror
  17. 17.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) freezing water (c) melting butter (d) folding paper
  18. 18.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) browning lemon ink (b) baking a cake (c) rusting iron (d) dissolving salt
  19. 19.🧈 Can this change be undone: folding paper? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  20. 20.⚖️ 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
  21. 21.⚖️ 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 amount of water (b) sunny or shady place (c) days to see crystals (d) the same dish
  22. 22.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? True or false: days to see crystals is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) warm water (b) a spoon (c) a piece of string (d) yeast
  24. 24.⚖️ 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) False (b) True
  25. 25.⚖️ 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) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) baking soda (b) sugar (c) glucose powder (d) sand
  27. 27.🧂 Does food colour dissolve in water? (a) dissolves in water (b) does not dissolve
  28. 28.True or false: yeast is needed for growing salt crystals. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🧺 Which of these is not needed for growing salt crystals? (a) yeast (b) warm water (c) salt (d) a piece of string
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking oil (b) chalk powder (c) baking soda (d) sand
  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 salt”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
  32. 32.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) turmeric powder (b) warm water (c) salt (d) a piece of string
  33. 33.🛟 Who should pour the warm water for the crystal experiment? (a) nobody needs to (b) the youngest child (c) a friend who is running (d) a grown-up
  34. 34.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) melting ice (b) browning lemon ink (c) milk turning to curd (d) cooking an egg
  35. 35.True or false: cooking oil dissolves in water. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: folding paper is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) folding paper (b) browning lemon ink (c) rusting iron (d) cooking an egg
  38. 38.True or false: rusting iron is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🧂 Which of these does not dissolve in water? (a) table salt (b) sugar (c) food colour (d) cooking oil
  40. 40.🧺 Do we need salt for growing salt crystals? (a) not needed (b) needed

Answer key

  1. False
  2. True
  3. needed
  4. cooking oil
  5. table salt
  6. a magnet
  7. True
  8. glucose powder
  9. True
  10. a piece of string
  11. can be undone
  12. bigger crystals
  13. True
  14. False
  15. needed
  16. a mirror
  17. baking a cake
  18. dissolving salt
  19. can be undone
  20. False
  21. days to see crystals
  22. False
  23. yeast
  24. False
  25. True
  26. sand
  27. dissolves in water
  28. False
  29. yeast
  30. baking soda
  31. we keep it the same
  32. turmeric powder
  33. a grown-up
  34. melting ice
  35. False
  36. True
  37. folding paper
  38. True
  39. cooking oil
  40. needed

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