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