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.⚖️ 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
- 2.True or false: melting ice is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 3.🧂 Which of these does not dissolve in water? (a) food colour (b) small pebbles (c) table salt (d) sugar
- 4.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) warm water (b) a spoon (c) turmeric powder (d) a shallow dish
- 5.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) dissolving salt (b) freezing water (c) cooking an egg (d) folding paper
- 6.🧺 Do we need a shallow dish for growing salt crystals? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 7.🔮 Predict: you use sugar instead of salt. What happens as it dries? (a) it turns to butter (b) it turns to oil (c) salt crystals form (d) sugar crystals form
- 8.🧂 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) sand (b) chalk powder (c) sugar (d) cooking oil
- 9.🧂 Does glucose powder dissolve in water? (a) dissolves in water (b) does not dissolve
- 10.True or false: rusting iron is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 11.True or false: salt is needed for growing salt crystals. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) freezing water (b) dissolving salt (c) browning lemon ink (d) folding paper
- 13.🧂 Does baking soda dissolve in water? (a) does not dissolve (b) dissolves in water
- 14.🧺 Which of these is needed for growing salt crystals? (a) a balloon (b) a battery cell (c) a piece of string (d) a magnet
- 15.🧺 Do we need a magnet for growing salt crystals? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 16.🛟 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
- 17.🧺 Do we need a balloon for growing salt crystals? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 18.🧂 Which of these does not dissolve in water? (a) baking soda (b) food colour (c) cooking oil (d) glucose powder
- 19.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) freezing water (b) baking a cake (c) rusting iron (d) cooking an egg
- 20.🧂 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) chalk powder (b) small pebbles (c) glucose powder (d) cooking oil
- 21.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) browning lemon ink (b) melting butter (c) rusting iron (d) cooking an egg
- 22.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a piece of string (b) warm water (c) yeast (d) salt
- 23.🧂 Which of these does not dissolve in water? (a) food colour (b) sugar (c) sawdust (d) table salt
- 24.🛟 Who should pour the warm water for the crystal experiment? (a) nobody needs to (b) the youngest child (c) a grown-up (d) a friend who is running
- 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 amount of water (c) the kind of salt (d) the amount of salt
- 26.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? What do we do with “the kind of salt”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
- 27.🧂 Does sugar dissolve in water? (a) does not dissolve (b) dissolves in water
- 28.📘 What do we call a solution that cannot dissolve any more salt? (a) magnetic (b) empty (c) saturated (d) frozen
- 29.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a mirror (b) a spoon (c) a piece of string (d) salt
- 30.🧈 Can this change be undone: freezing water? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 31.True or false: sawdust dissolves in water. (a) True (b) False
- 32.True or false: warm water is not needed for growing salt crystals. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🧺 Do we need yeast for growing salt crystals? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 34.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting butter? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
- 35.🧺 Do we need a piece of string for growing salt crystals? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 36.True or false: chalk powder dissolves in water. (a) True (b) False
- 37.⚖️ 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) False (b) True
- 38.🧺 Which of these is needed for growing salt crystals? (a) a battery cell (b) a spoon (c) a balloon (d) a mirror
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sand (b) chalk powder (c) table salt (d) small pebbles
- 40.⚖️ 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
Answer key
- False
- True
- small pebbles
- turmeric powder
- cooking an egg
- needed
- sugar crystals form
- sugar
- dissolves in water
- False
- True
- browning lemon ink
- dissolves in water
- a piece of string
- not needed
- safe from small children
- not needed
- cooking oil
- freezing water
- glucose powder
- melting butter
- yeast
- sawdust
- a grown-up
- sunny or shady place
- we keep it the same
- dissolves in water
- saturated
- a mirror
- can be undone
- False
- False
- not needed
- can be undone
- needed
- False
- False
- a spoon
- table salt
- we keep it the same
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