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: folding paper is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🧂 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) small pebbles (b) baking soda (c) cooking oil (d) sawdust
- 3.True or false: a piece of string is not needed for growing salt crystals. (a) True (b) False
- 4.True or false: chalk powder dissolves in water. (a) True (b) False
- 5.True or false: warm water is needed for growing salt crystals. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for growing salt crystals? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 7.🧂 Why do we stir in salt until no more will dissolve? (a) to make it very salty (b) to cool the water (c) to change its colour (d) to make it fizz
- 8.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) salt (b) a shallow dish (c) a spoon (d) yeast
- 9.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) milk turning to curd (b) melting ice (c) browning lemon ink (d) baking a cake
- 10.🧺 Which of these is needed for growing salt crystals? (a) yeast (b) a spoon (c) a balloon (d) a mirror
- 11.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) milk turning to curd (b) cooking an egg (c) folding paper (d) rusting iron
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) food colour (b) small pebbles (c) chalk powder (d) sand
- 13.🧂 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) sand (b) sawdust (c) small pebbles (d) glucose powder
- 14.🧺 Which of these is not needed for growing salt crystals? (a) warm water (b) a shallow dish (c) a piece of string (d) a balloon
- 15.True or false: turmeric powder is needed for growing salt crystals. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a battery cell (b) a piece of string (c) salt (d) warm water
- 17.🧺 Do we need yeast for growing salt crystals? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 18.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? Which of these is what we measure? (a) days to see crystals (b) the kind of salt (c) the amount of water (d) sunny or shady place
- 19.🧺 Do we need a piece of string for growing salt crystals? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 20.🧂 Which of these does not dissolve in water? (a) glucose powder (b) table salt (c) baking soda (d) cooking oil
- 21.🧺 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 piece of string
- 22.🧺 Which of these is not needed for growing salt crystals? (a) salt (b) a piece of string (c) a spoon (d) a magnet
- 23.True or false: sawdust does not dissolve in water. (a) False (b) True
- 24.True or false: a spoon is needed for growing salt crystals. (a) False (b) True
- 25.True or false: chalk powder does not dissolve in water. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🧺 Do we need a balloon for growing salt crystals? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 27.True or false: warm water is not needed for growing salt crystals. (a) True (b) False
- 28.True or false: a battery cell is needed for growing salt crystals. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting ice? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 30.🧺 Do we need a spoon for growing salt crystals? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 31.⚖️ 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) days to see crystals (c) the same dish (d) the amount of salt
- 32.🧺 Do we need a magnet for growing salt crystals? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 33.🧂 Does sawdust dissolve in water? (a) dissolves in water (b) does not dissolve
- 34.🧺 Do we need salt for growing salt crystals? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 35.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) cooking an egg (b) freezing water (c) melting butter (d) folding paper
- 36.⚖️ 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
- 37.True or false: cooking oil does not dissolve in water. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🧂 Does chalk powder dissolve in water? (a) dissolves in water (b) does not dissolve
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chalk powder (b) table salt (c) sand (d) cooking oil
- 40.🧺 Which of these is needed for growing salt crystals? (a) salt (b) a magnet (c) a balloon (d) turmeric powder
Answer key
- True
- baking soda
- False
- False
- True
- not needed
- to make it very salty
- yeast
- melting ice
- a spoon
- folding paper
- food colour
- glucose powder
- a balloon
- False
- a battery cell
- not needed
- days to see crystals
- needed
- cooking oil
- turmeric powder
- a magnet
- True
- True
- True
- not needed
- False
- False
- can be undone
- needed
- sunny or shady place
- not needed
- does not dissolve
- needed
- cooking an egg
- we keep it the same
- True
- does not dissolve
- table salt
- salt
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