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Salt Crystal Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 18: Growing salt crystals · Set 660 · 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.🛟 Who should pour the warm water for the crystal experiment? (a) a friend who is running (b) the youngest child (c) nobody needs to (d) a grown-up
  2. 2.🧂 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) sawdust (b) sand (c) baking soda (d) chalk powder
  3. 3.🔮 Predict: crystals grow slowly where nobody disturbs them. How big are they? (a) smaller crystals (b) liquid crystals (c) bigger crystals (d) no crystals
  4. 4.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? True or false: sunny or shady place is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? True or false: the same dish is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sand (b) chalk powder (c) glucose powder (d) sawdust
  7. 7.🧂 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) glucose powder (b) cooking oil (c) sand (d) small pebbles
  8. 8.True or false: folding paper is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🧺 Do we need a piece of string for growing salt crystals? (a) needed (b) not needed
  10. 10.⚖️ 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
  11. 11.🌊 How is salt made in salt pans by the sea? (a) fish make it (b) sand is ground up (c) salt rains down (d) sea water evaporates
  12. 12.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) table salt (b) sugar (c) sawdust (d) baking soda
  14. 14.True or false: freezing water is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: a spoon is not needed for growing salt crystals. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🧈 Can this change be undone: dissolving salt? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  17. 17.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting butter (b) dissolving salt (c) folding paper (d) rusting iron
  18. 18.🧂 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) cooking oil (b) sawdust (c) chalk powder (d) sugar
  19. 19.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a spoon (b) yeast (c) a shallow dish (d) a piece of string
  20. 20.🧺 Do we need a shallow dish for growing salt crystals? (a) not needed (b) needed
  21. 21.🧂 Which of these does not dissolve in water? (a) sawdust (b) sugar (c) table salt (d) baking soda
  22. 22.True or false: turmeric powder is needed for growing salt crystals. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: melting ice is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🧺 Which of these is not needed for growing salt crystals? (a) yeast (b) a piece of string (c) a shallow dish (d) warm water
  25. 25.True or false: cooking an egg is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🧂 Which of these does not dissolve in water? (a) table salt (b) sugar (c) glucose powder (d) cooking oil
  27. 27.🧺 Which of these is not needed for growing salt crystals? (a) salt (b) a shallow dish (c) a piece of string (d) a battery cell
  28. 28.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a shallow dish (b) a spoon (c) a battery cell (d) warm water
  29. 29.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? What do we do with “days to see crystals”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) glucose powder (b) baking soda (c) table salt (d) cooking oil
  31. 31.🛟 Where should you keep the crystal dish while it dries? (a) next to the baby (b) in a busy doorway (c) on the edge of a table (d) safe from small children
  32. 32.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) dissolving salt (b) rusting iron (c) browning lemon ink (d) cooking an egg
  33. 33.📘 What do we call a solution that cannot dissolve any more salt? (a) frozen (b) magnetic (c) empty (d) saturated
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sawdust (b) small pebbles (c) sugar (d) sand
  35. 35.⚖️ 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) the amount of salt (c) the same dish (d) days to see crystals
  36. 36.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a spoon (b) warm water (c) a balloon (d) salt
  37. 37.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting ice? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  38. 38.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for growing salt crystals. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🧺 Which of these is needed for growing salt crystals? (a) a battery cell (b) a spoon (c) a magnet (d) yeast
  40. 40.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) cooking an egg (b) baking a cake (c) browning lemon ink (d) melting butter

Answer key

  1. a grown-up
  2. baking soda
  3. bigger crystals
  4. False
  5. False
  6. glucose powder
  7. glucose powder
  8. False
  9. needed
  10. True
  11. sea water evaporates
  12. we change it
  13. sawdust
  14. False
  15. False
  16. can be undone
  17. rusting iron
  18. sugar
  19. yeast
  20. needed
  21. sawdust
  22. False
  23. False
  24. yeast
  25. False
  26. cooking oil
  27. a battery cell
  28. a battery cell
  29. we measure it
  30. cooking oil
  31. safe from small children
  32. dissolving salt
  33. saturated
  34. sugar
  35. days to see crystals
  36. a balloon
  37. can be undone
  38. True
  39. a spoon
  40. melting butter

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