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.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting ice? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 2.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? True or false: the amount of water is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 3.True or false: a piece of string is needed for growing salt crystals. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🛟 Where should you keep the crystal dish while it dries? (a) next to the baby (b) in a busy doorway (c) safe from small children (d) on the edge of a table
- 5.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for growing salt crystals? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 6.⚖️ 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
- 7.🧺 Do we need a mirror for growing salt crystals? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 8.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) folding paper (b) browning lemon ink (c) melting butter (d) freezing water
- 9.🌊 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
- 10.🧺 Do we need salt for growing salt crystals? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 11.🧂 Does sugar dissolve in water? (a) does not dissolve (b) dissolves in water
- 12.True or false: cooking an egg is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🧂 Does sand dissolve in water? (a) does not dissolve (b) dissolves in water
- 14.🧂 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) glucose powder (b) small pebbles (c) sand (d) chalk powder
- 15.⚖️ 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 same dish (b) days to see crystals (c) the amount of salt (d) the kind of salt
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sawdust (b) food colour (c) table salt (d) glucose powder
- 17.🧺 Which of these is needed for growing salt crystals? (a) salt (b) a battery cell (c) yeast (d) a magnet
- 18.True or false: a mirror is needed for growing salt crystals. (a) False (b) True
- 19.True or false: food colour dissolves in water. (a) False (b) True
- 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.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a spoon (b) a shallow dish (c) turmeric powder (d) salt
- 22.🧺 Which of these is not needed for growing salt crystals? (a) turmeric powder (b) salt (c) a shallow dish (d) a piece of string
- 23.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a piece of string (b) a balloon (c) salt (d) a spoon
- 24.🛟 Who should pour the warm water for the crystal experiment? (a) the youngest child (b) a grown-up (c) nobody needs to (d) a friend who is running
- 25.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? True or false: the amount of salt is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🧺 Do we need yeast for growing salt crystals? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 27.True or false: freezing water is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🧺 Which of these is needed for growing salt crystals? (a) a battery cell (b) turmeric powder (c) a piece of string (d) a mirror
- 29.True or false: yeast is not needed for growing salt crystals. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🧺 Which of these is not needed for growing salt crystals? (a) warm water (b) a mirror (c) a spoon (d) a shallow dish
- 31.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) warm water (b) a spoon (c) yeast (d) salt
- 32.True or false: salt is not needed for growing salt crystals. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🧺 Do we need a spoon for growing salt crystals? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 34.🧺 Which of these is not needed for growing salt crystals? (a) a piece of string (b) yeast (c) warm water (d) a spoon
- 35.⚖️ 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 measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
- 36.🧺 Do we need a balloon for growing salt crystals? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 37.🧺 Do we need a shallow dish for growing salt crystals? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 38.🧈 Can this change be undone: milk turning to curd? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 39.True or false: a mirror is not needed for growing salt crystals. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🧈 Can this change be undone: rusting iron? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
Answer key
- can be undone
- True
- True
- safe from small children
- not needed
- we keep it the same
- not needed
- browning lemon ink
- sea water evaporates
- needed
- dissolves in water
- True
- does not dissolve
- glucose powder
- days to see crystals
- sawdust
- salt
- False
- True
- we change it
- turmeric powder
- turmeric powder
- a balloon
- a grown-up
- False
- not needed
- True
- a piece of string
- True
- a mirror
- yeast
- False
- needed
- yeast
- we measure it
- not needed
- needed
- cannot be undone
- True
- cannot be undone
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