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Salt Crystal Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 18: Growing salt crystals · Set 739 · 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.🧂 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) glucose powder (b) chalk powder (c) small pebbles (d) sand
  2. 2.True or false: a battery cell is needed for growing salt crystals. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: table salt dissolves in water. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🧺 Do we need a shallow dish for growing salt crystals? (a) not needed (b) needed
  5. 5.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) warm water (b) turmeric powder (c) salt (d) a spoon
  6. 6.🧈 Can this change be undone: rusting iron? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sugar (b) baking soda (c) food colour (d) sawdust
  8. 8.🛟 Who should pour the warm water for the crystal experiment? (a) the youngest child (b) a grown-up (c) a friend who is running (d) nobody needs to
  9. 9.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) freezing water (b) melting ice (c) melting butter (d) milk turning to curd
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sugar (b) table salt (c) small pebbles (d) baking soda
  11. 11.⚖️ 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 measure it (c) we keep it the same
  12. 12.True or false: baking soda dissolves in water. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.⚖️ 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
  14. 14.⚖️ 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 water (b) the amount of salt (c) the same dish (d) sunny or shady place
  15. 15.🛟 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
  16. 16.🧂 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) sand (b) baking soda (c) cooking oil (d) chalk powder
  17. 17.⚖️ 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 change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
  18. 18.🧺 Which of these is not needed for growing salt crystals? (a) a piece of string (b) salt (c) yeast (d) a spoon
  19. 19.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) rusting iron (c) browning lemon ink (d) melting ice
  20. 20.⚖️ 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 same dish (c) the amount of water (d) sunny or shady place
  21. 21.⚖️ 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 measure it (c) we keep it the same
  22. 22.🧺 Which of these is needed for growing salt crystals? (a) a balloon (b) turmeric powder (c) warm water (d) a mirror
  23. 23.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) browning lemon ink (b) cooking an egg (c) rusting iron (d) melting butter
  24. 24.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? True or false: the amount of salt is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sand (b) sugar (c) cooking oil (d) chalk powder
  26. 26.True or false: a battery cell is not needed for growing salt crystals. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🧂 What shape are table salt crystals under a magnifying glass? (a) tiny spheres (b) tiny triangles (c) tiny cubes (d) tiny stars
  28. 28.🧂 Which of these does not dissolve in water? (a) sugar (b) food colour (c) table salt (d) sand
  29. 29.🧂 Why do crystals appear as the dish dries? (a) the dish melts (b) salt eats water (c) salt grows roots (d) water evaporates
  30. 30.🧺 Do we need a spoon for growing salt crystals? (a) not needed (b) needed
  31. 31.True or false: milk turning to curd is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: freezing water is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) warm water (b) a shallow dish (c) a spoon (d) yeast
  34. 34.🔮 Predict: you cover the dish so no water can escape. What happens? (a) crystals grow faster (b) it fizzes (c) it turns sweet (d) few or no crystals
  35. 35.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) dissolving salt (b) melting ice (c) freezing water (d) rusting iron
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking oil (b) baking soda (c) sand (d) sawdust
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chalk powder (b) glucose powder (c) cooking oil (d) sand
  38. 38.True or false: cooking oil does not dissolve in water. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🧂 Does sawdust dissolve in water? (a) dissolves in water (b) does not dissolve
  40. 40.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) milk turning to curd (b) cooking an egg (c) baking a cake (d) dissolving salt

Answer key

  1. glucose powder
  2. False
  3. True
  4. needed
  5. turmeric powder
  6. cannot be undone
  7. sawdust
  8. a grown-up
  9. milk turning to curd
  10. small pebbles
  11. we measure it
  12. True
  13. we keep it the same
  14. sunny or shady place
  15. safe from small children
  16. baking soda
  17. we change it
  18. yeast
  19. melting ice
  20. days to see crystals
  21. we keep it the same
  22. warm water
  23. melting butter
  24. True
  25. sugar
  26. True
  27. tiny cubes
  28. sand
  29. water evaporates
  30. needed
  31. False
  32. False
  33. yeast
  34. few or no crystals
  35. rusting iron
  36. baking soda
  37. glucose powder
  38. True
  39. does not dissolve
  40. dissolving salt

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