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