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Salt Crystal Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 18: Growing salt crystals · Set 832 · 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.📘 What do we call a solution that cannot dissolve any more salt? (a) frozen (b) magnetic (c) empty (d) saturated
  2. 2.🧂 Does small pebbles dissolve in water? (a) dissolves in water (b) does not dissolve
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chalk powder (b) baking soda (c) sugar (d) food colour
  4. 4.True or false: warm water is not needed for growing salt crystals. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: a piece of string is not needed for growing salt crystals. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🛟 Who should pour the warm water for the crystal experiment? (a) nobody needs to (b) the youngest child (c) a grown-up (d) a friend who is running
  7. 7.🧂 Does cooking oil dissolve in water? (a) dissolves in water (b) does not dissolve
  8. 8.True or false: baking a cake is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a shallow dish (b) a mirror (c) warm water (d) salt
  10. 10.⚖️ 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 change it (c) we measure it
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small pebbles (b) sugar (c) sand (d) cooking oil
  12. 12.⚖️ 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
  13. 13.🧂 Which of these does not dissolve in water? (a) sand (b) table salt (c) food colour (d) glucose powder
  14. 14.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting ice (b) freezing water (c) dissolving salt (d) browning lemon ink
  15. 15.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) melting ice (b) browning lemon ink (c) rusting iron (d) milk turning to curd
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) glucose powder (b) baking soda (c) food colour (d) cooking oil
  17. 17.🧂 Why do we stir in salt until no more will dissolve? (a) to make it fizz (b) to change its colour (c) to make it very salty (d) to cool the water
  18. 18.🌊 How is salt made in salt pans by the sea? (a) salt rains down (b) sea water evaporates (c) sand is ground up (d) fish make it
  19. 19.⚖️ 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) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: table salt does not dissolve in water. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: melting butter is a change that can be undone. (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 the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🧺 Which of these is needed for growing salt crystals? (a) a balloon (b) a magnet (c) yeast (d) warm water
  24. 24.True or false: folding paper is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🧺 Which of these is needed for growing salt crystals? (a) a magnet (b) a spoon (c) yeast (d) a battery cell
  26. 26.⚖️ 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) days to see crystals (d) the amount of salt
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chalk powder (b) baking soda (c) cooking oil (d) small pebbles
  28. 28.⚖️ 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) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: milk turning to curd is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.⚖️ 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 amount of salt (b) the same dish (c) the amount of water (d) days to see crystals
  31. 31.True or false: rusting iron is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🧺 Which of these is not needed for growing salt crystals? (a) warm water (b) a shallow dish (c) a mirror (d) salt
  33. 33.True or false: salt is not needed for growing salt crystals. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for growing salt crystals. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🧺 Which of these is not needed for growing salt crystals? (a) a piece of string (b) a spoon (c) a shallow dish (d) yeast
  36. 36.True or false: sawdust does not dissolve in water. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) dissolving salt (b) folding paper (c) freezing water (d) milk turning to curd
  38. 38.🧺 Do we need a spoon for growing salt crystals? (a) not needed (b) needed
  39. 39.🛟 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
  40. 40.🔮 Predict: you use sugar instead of salt. What happens as it dries? (a) sugar crystals form (b) it turns to butter (c) it turns to oil (d) salt crystals form

Answer key

  1. saturated
  2. does not dissolve
  3. chalk powder
  4. False
  5. False
  6. a grown-up
  7. does not dissolve
  8. True
  9. a mirror
  10. we measure it
  11. sugar
  12. False
  13. sand
  14. browning lemon ink
  15. melting ice
  16. cooking oil
  17. to make it very salty
  18. sea water evaporates
  19. True
  20. False
  21. True
  22. False
  23. warm water
  24. False
  25. a spoon
  26. sunny or shady place
  27. baking soda
  28. False
  29. False
  30. days to see crystals
  31. True
  32. a mirror
  33. False
  34. True
  35. yeast
  36. True
  37. milk turning to curd
  38. needed
  39. safe from small children
  40. sugar crystals form

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