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Salt Crystal Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 18: Growing salt crystals · Set 81 · 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) chalk powder (b) sand (c) small pebbles (d) sugar
  2. 2.🧈 Can this change be undone: baking a cake? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  3. 3.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) cooking an egg (b) melting ice (c) browning lemon ink (d) milk turning to curd
  4. 4.True or false: cooking oil does not dissolve in water. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🧺 Which of these is needed for growing salt crystals? (a) a mirror (b) a battery cell (c) warm water (d) turmeric powder
  6. 6.True or false: sand dissolves in water. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔮 Predict: you cover the dish so no water can escape. What happens? (a) it fizzes (b) it turns sweet (c) crystals grow faster (d) few or no crystals
  8. 8.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
  9. 9.🛟 Where should you keep the crystal dish while it dries? (a) in a busy doorway (b) on the edge of a table (c) next to the baby (d) safe from small children
  10. 10.True or false: sugar does not dissolve in water. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) table salt (b) small pebbles (c) food colour (d) glucose powder
  12. 12.True or false: freezing water is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🧺 Which of these is not needed for growing salt crystals? (a) warm water (b) a piece of string (c) salt (d) a balloon
  14. 14.🧂 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) glucose powder (b) chalk powder (c) sawdust (d) cooking oil
  15. 15.True or false: folding paper is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🧂 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) sand (b) sawdust (c) baking soda (d) small pebbles
  17. 17.🧈 Can this change be undone: folding paper? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  18. 18.⚖️ 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 measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
  19. 19.🧺 Which of these is not needed for growing salt crystals? (a) salt (b) a spoon (c) warm water (d) a mirror
  20. 20.🧂 What shape are table salt crystals under a magnifying glass? (a) tiny spheres (b) tiny cubes (c) tiny stars (d) tiny triangles
  21. 21.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) warm water (b) a magnet (c) a spoon (d) a piece of string
  22. 22.🧈 Can this change be undone: dissolving salt? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  23. 23.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the amount of salt (b) days to see crystals (c) sunny or shady place
  24. 24.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a shallow dish (b) a piece of string (c) a mirror (d) a spoon
  25. 25.True or false: cooking oil dissolves in water. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) freezing water (b) browning lemon ink (c) melting butter (d) folding paper
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sugar (b) cooking oil (c) food colour (d) table salt
  28. 28.True or false: baking a cake is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🧈 Can this change be undone: browning lemon ink? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  30. 30.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? True or false: days to see crystals is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🧂 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) sawdust (b) sand (c) table salt (d) chalk powder
  32. 32.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a battery cell (b) a piece of string (c) warm water (d) salt
  33. 33.⚖️ 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
  34. 34.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) melting butter (b) milk turning to curd (c) baking a cake (d) rusting iron
  35. 35.True or false: small pebbles dissolves in water. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🌊 How is salt made in salt pans by the sea? (a) sea water evaporates (b) salt rains down (c) sand is ground up (d) fish make it
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) food colour (b) table salt (c) glucose powder (d) chalk powder
  38. 38.⚖️ 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
  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 measure it (c) we change it
  40. 40.🧂 Does sand dissolve in water? (a) does not dissolve (b) dissolves in water

Answer key

  1. sugar
  2. cannot be undone
  3. melting ice
  4. True
  5. warm water
  6. False
  7. few or no crystals
  8. we measure it
  9. safe from small children
  10. False
  11. small pebbles
  12. True
  13. a balloon
  14. glucose powder
  15. False
  16. baking soda
  17. can be undone
  18. we keep it the same
  19. a mirror
  20. tiny cubes
  21. a magnet
  22. can be undone
  23. the amount of salt
  24. a mirror
  25. False
  26. browning lemon ink
  27. cooking oil
  28. False
  29. cannot be undone
  30. False
  31. table salt
  32. a battery cell
  33. True
  34. melting butter
  35. False
  36. sea water evaporates
  37. chalk powder
  38. True
  39. we change it
  40. does not dissolve

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