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: freezing water is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 2.True or false: baking soda does not dissolve in water. (a) False (b) True
- 3.🧂 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) chalk powder (b) cooking oil (c) sand (d) table salt
- 4.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting butter? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 5.🧺 Do we need warm water for growing salt crystals? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 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.🧈 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.True or false: glucose powder dissolves in water. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small pebbles (b) sawdust (c) food colour (d) sand
- 10.🧺 Which of these is not needed for growing salt crystals? (a) warm water (b) a balloon (c) a spoon (d) salt
- 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.True or false: food colour dissolves in water. (a) False (b) True
- 13.True or false: baking a cake is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🧺 Which of these is needed for growing salt crystals? (a) a balloon (b) turmeric powder (c) yeast (d) warm water
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small pebbles (b) chalk powder (c) sand (d) sugar
- 16.🧂 Which of these does not dissolve in water? (a) sugar (b) chalk powder (c) glucose powder (d) table salt
- 17.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) folding paper (b) rusting iron (c) freezing water (d) dissolving salt
- 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.🧈 Can this change be undone: rusting iron? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 20.True or false: sand dissolves in water. (a) False (b) True
- 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.⚖️ 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.🧺 Do we need a magnet for growing salt crystals? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 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.🧂 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) cooking oil (b) small pebbles (c) sugar (d) sand
- 26.🧺 Do we need a balloon for growing salt crystals? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 27.True or false: a piece of string is not needed for growing salt crystals. (a) False (b) True
- 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.🧺 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.⚖️ 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.🔮 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.🧺 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.🧂 Does sugar dissolve in water? (a) dissolves in water (b) does not dissolve
- 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.🧈 Can this change be undone: freezing water? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
- 36.🧺 Which of these is not needed for growing salt crystals? (a) salt (b) turmeric powder (c) a shallow dish (d) warm water
- 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chalk powder (b) sand (c) glucose powder (d) cooking oil
- 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.True or false: dissolving salt is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- True
- False
- table salt
- can be undone
- needed
- melting butter
- freezing water
- True
- food colour
- a balloon
- the kind of salt
- True
- True
- warm water
- sugar
- chalk powder
- rusting iron
- sunny or shady place
- cannot be undone
- False
- True
- False
- not needed
- a battery cell
- sugar
- not needed
- False
- sugar crystals form
- turmeric powder
- we keep it the same
- few or no crystals
- a mirror
- dissolves in water
- a magnet
- can be undone
- turmeric powder
- days to see crystals
- glucose powder
- we change it
- False
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