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.🧂 Which of these does not dissolve in water? (a) chalk powder (b) food colour (c) baking soda (d) sugar
- 2.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a balloon (b) a piece of string (c) a spoon (d) warm water
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sawdust (b) glucose powder (c) cooking oil (d) small pebbles
- 4.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) warm water (b) a mirror (c) a spoon (d) salt
- 5.True or false: sand dissolves in water. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🧂 Which of these does not dissolve in water? (a) baking soda (b) sugar (c) food colour (d) small pebbles
- 7.🧺 Do we need a magnet for growing salt crystals? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 8.⚖️ 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 same dish (c) days to see crystals (d) the amount of salt
- 9.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting ice? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
- 10.True or false: sawdust does not dissolve in water. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting butter (b) milk turning to curd (c) melting ice (d) freezing water
- 12.🧺 Which of these is not needed for growing salt crystals? (a) a piece of string (b) salt (c) a balloon (d) warm water
- 13.True or false: folding paper is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a piece of string (b) a magnet (c) a shallow dish (d) a spoon
- 15.True or false: small pebbles dissolves in water. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🧂 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) cooking oil (b) chalk powder (c) sand (d) food colour
- 17.🧂 Does baking soda dissolve in water? (a) does not dissolve (b) dissolves in water
- 18.🛟 Where should you keep the crystal dish while it dries? (a) on the edge of a table (b) next to the baby (c) safe from small children (d) in a busy doorway
- 19.⚖️ 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
- 20.True or false: table salt does not dissolve in water. (a) True (b) False
- 21.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? True or false: the kind of salt is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🌊 How is salt made in salt pans by the sea? (a) salt rains down (b) sea water evaporates (c) fish make it (d) sand is ground up
- 23.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a shallow dish (b) warm water (c) yeast (d) a piece of string
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sawdust (b) table salt (c) chalk powder (d) sand
- 25.⚖️ 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
- 26.📘 What do we call a solution that cannot dissolve any more salt? (a) frozen (b) empty (c) saturated (d) magnetic
- 27.🧺 Do we need warm water for growing salt crystals? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 28.🧂 What shape are table salt crystals under a magnifying glass? (a) tiny stars (b) tiny cubes (c) tiny spheres (d) tiny triangles
- 29.🧂 Does chalk powder dissolve in water? (a) dissolves in water (b) does not dissolve
- 30.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? Which of these is kept the same? (a) sunny or shady place (b) days to see crystals (c) the amount of salt
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sawdust (b) cooking oil (c) food colour (d) small pebbles
- 32.⚖️ 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
- 33.🧂 Does small pebbles dissolve in water? (a) dissolves in water (b) does not dissolve
- 34.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) rusting iron (b) folding paper (c) melting ice (d) dissolving salt
- 35.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for growing salt crystals. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🧂 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) chalk powder (b) sugar (c) sawdust (d) small pebbles
- 37.🧺 Do we need salt for growing salt crystals? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 38.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a spoon (b) salt (c) warm water (d) turmeric powder
- 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 keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
- 40.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) browning lemon ink (b) freezing water (c) melting ice (d) dissolving salt
Answer key
- chalk powder
- a balloon
- glucose powder
- a mirror
- False
- small pebbles
- not needed
- sunny or shady place
- can be undone
- True
- milk turning to curd
- a balloon
- True
- a magnet
- False
- food colour
- dissolves in water
- safe from small children
- we keep it the same
- False
- True
- sea water evaporates
- yeast
- table salt
- we keep it the same
- saturated
- needed
- tiny cubes
- does not dissolve
- the amount of salt
- food colour
- False
- does not dissolve
- rusting iron
- True
- sugar
- needed
- turmeric powder
- we keep it the same
- browning lemon ink
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