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Salt Crystal Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 18: Growing salt crystals · Set 782 · 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: freezing water is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: baking soda does not dissolve in water. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🧂 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) chalk powder (b) cooking oil (c) sand (d) table salt
  4. 4.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting butter? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  5. 5.🧺 Do we need warm water for growing salt crystals? (a) not needed (b) needed
  6. 6.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) milk turning to curd (b) melting butter (c) rusting iron (d) browning lemon ink
  7. 7.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) freezing water (c) browning lemon ink (d) cooking an egg
  8. 8.True or false: glucose powder dissolves in water. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small pebbles (b) sawdust (c) food colour (d) sand
  10. 10.🧺 Which of these is not needed for growing salt crystals? (a) warm water (b) a balloon (c) a spoon (d) salt
  11. 11.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? Which of these is kept the same? (a) days to see crystals (b) the kind of salt (c) sunny or shady place
  12. 12.True or false: food colour dissolves in water. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: baking a cake is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🧺 Which of these is needed for growing salt crystals? (a) a balloon (b) turmeric powder (c) yeast (d) warm water
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small pebbles (b) chalk powder (c) sand (d) sugar
  16. 16.🧂 Which of these does not dissolve in water? (a) sugar (b) chalk powder (c) glucose powder (d) table salt
  17. 17.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) folding paper (b) rusting iron (c) freezing water (d) dissolving salt
  18. 18.⚖️ 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 kind of salt (b) sunny or shady place (c) the same dish (d) the amount of water
  19. 19.🧈 Can this change be undone: rusting iron? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  20. 20.True or false: sand dissolves in water. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? True or false: the same dish is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? True or false: the amount of salt is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🧺 Do we need a magnet for growing salt crystals? (a) needed (b) not needed
  24. 24.🧺 Which of these is not needed for growing salt crystals? (a) a shallow dish (b) warm water (c) a battery cell (d) a spoon
  25. 25.🧂 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) cooking oil (b) small pebbles (c) sugar (d) sand
  26. 26.🧺 Do we need a balloon for growing salt crystals? (a) needed (b) not needed
  27. 27.True or false: a piece of string is not needed for growing salt crystals. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔮 Predict: you use sugar instead of salt. What happens as it dries? (a) sugar crystals form (b) salt crystals form (c) it turns to oil (d) it turns to butter
  29. 29.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) turmeric powder (b) a shallow dish (c) a spoon (d) salt
  30. 30.⚖️ 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
  31. 31.🔮 Predict: you cover the dish so no water can escape. What happens? (a) it turns sweet (b) crystals grow faster (c) few or no crystals (d) it fizzes
  32. 32.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a spoon (b) a mirror (c) salt (d) a piece of string
  33. 33.🧂 Does sugar dissolve in water? (a) dissolves in water (b) does not dissolve
  34. 34.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a magnet (b) warm water (c) a shallow dish (d) a spoon
  35. 35.🧈 Can this change be undone: freezing water? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  36. 36.🧺 Which of these is not needed for growing salt crystals? (a) salt (b) turmeric powder (c) a shallow dish (d) warm water
  37. 37.⚖️ 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 kind of salt (b) the same dish (c) sunny or shady place (d) days to see crystals
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chalk powder (b) sand (c) glucose powder (d) cooking oil
  39. 39.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
  40. 40.True or false: dissolving salt is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. True
  2. False
  3. table salt
  4. can be undone
  5. needed
  6. melting butter
  7. freezing water
  8. True
  9. food colour
  10. a balloon
  11. the kind of salt
  12. True
  13. True
  14. warm water
  15. sugar
  16. chalk powder
  17. rusting iron
  18. sunny or shady place
  19. cannot be undone
  20. False
  21. True
  22. False
  23. not needed
  24. a battery cell
  25. sugar
  26. not needed
  27. False
  28. sugar crystals form
  29. turmeric powder
  30. we keep it the same
  31. few or no crystals
  32. a mirror
  33. dissolves in water
  34. a magnet
  35. can be undone
  36. turmeric powder
  37. days to see crystals
  38. glucose powder
  39. we change it
  40. False

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