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Salt Crystal Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 18: Growing salt crystals · Set 775 · 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.True or false: glucose powder dissolves in water. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🧂 Why do crystals appear as the dish dries? (a) salt eats water (b) the dish melts (c) salt grows roots (d) water evaporates
  3. 3.True or false: a mirror is needed for growing salt crystals. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🧂 What shape are table salt crystals under a magnifying glass? (a) tiny spheres (b) tiny stars (c) tiny triangles (d) tiny cubes
  5. 5.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) salt (b) warm water (c) turmeric powder (d) a shallow dish
  6. 6.🧂 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) sand (b) food colour (c) small pebbles (d) chalk powder
  7. 7.True or false: cooking an egg is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a mirror (b) a spoon (c) salt (d) warm water
  9. 9.🛟 Who should pour the warm water for the crystal experiment? (a) a friend who is running (b) the youngest child (c) nobody needs to (d) a grown-up
  10. 10.🧺 Which of these is not needed for growing salt crystals? (a) salt (b) a spoon (c) a magnet (d) a shallow dish
  11. 11.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) rusting iron (b) melting butter (c) cooking an egg (d) milk turning to curd
  12. 12.🧈 Can this change be undone: baking a cake? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  13. 13.🧂 Does sawdust dissolve in water? (a) dissolves in water (b) does not dissolve
  14. 14.🧺 Do we need warm water for growing salt crystals? (a) not needed (b) needed
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) table salt (b) glucose powder (c) baking soda (d) chalk powder
  16. 16.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) rusting iron (b) browning lemon ink (c) freezing water (d) milk turning to curd
  17. 17.True or false: turmeric powder is needed for growing salt crystals. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.⚖️ 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
  19. 19.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? True or false: the kind of salt is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
  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) the same dish (b) days to see crystals (c) sunny or shady place (d) the kind of salt
  21. 21.🧂 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) chalk powder (b) sand (c) table salt (d) cooking oil
  22. 22.⚖️ 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) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: baking a cake is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🧺 Which of these is not needed for growing salt crystals? (a) a spoon (b) yeast (c) salt (d) warm water
  25. 25.🧺 Do we need a spoon for growing salt crystals? (a) not needed (b) needed
  26. 26.⚖️ 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 change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
  27. 27.True or false: dissolving salt is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🧂 Which of these does not dissolve in water? (a) glucose powder (b) sugar (c) sand (d) baking soda
  29. 29.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) milk turning to curd (b) melting butter (c) folding paper (d) freezing water
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) baking soda (b) glucose powder (c) food colour (d) sand
  31. 31.🧂 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) sand (b) baking soda (c) chalk powder (d) small pebbles
  32. 32.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) warm water (b) a balloon (c) salt (d) a spoon
  33. 33.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? True or false: sunny or shady place is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🧺 Do we need a shallow dish for growing salt crystals? (a) not needed (b) needed
  35. 35.🔮 Predict: crystals grow slowly where nobody disturbs them. How big are they? (a) smaller crystals (b) no crystals (c) liquid crystals (d) bigger crystals
  36. 36.🧂 Does food colour dissolve in water? (a) dissolves in water (b) does not dissolve
  37. 37.True or false: cooking oil does not dissolve in water. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? True or false: the same dish is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🧂 Does sugar dissolve in water? (a) does not dissolve (b) dissolves in water
  40. 40.🧺 Do we need a balloon for growing salt crystals? (a) not needed (b) needed

Answer key

  1. True
  2. water evaporates
  3. False
  4. tiny cubes
  5. turmeric powder
  6. food colour
  7. False
  8. a mirror
  9. a grown-up
  10. a magnet
  11. melting butter
  12. cannot be undone
  13. does not dissolve
  14. needed
  15. chalk powder
  16. freezing water
  17. False
  18. we keep it the same
  19. True
  20. days to see crystals
  21. table salt
  22. False
  23. False
  24. yeast
  25. needed
  26. we keep it the same
  27. False
  28. sand
  29. milk turning to curd
  30. sand
  31. baking soda
  32. a balloon
  33. True
  34. needed
  35. bigger crystals
  36. dissolves in water
  37. True
  38. False
  39. dissolves in water
  40. not needed

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