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.📘 What do we call a solution that cannot dissolve any more salt? (a) frozen (b) magnetic (c) empty (d) saturated
- 2.🧂 Does small pebbles dissolve in water? (a) dissolves in water (b) does not dissolve
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chalk powder (b) baking soda (c) sugar (d) food colour
- 4.True or false: warm water is not needed for growing salt crystals. (a) True (b) False
- 5.True or false: a piece of string is not needed for growing salt crystals. (a) False (b) True
- 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.🧂 Does cooking oil dissolve in water? (a) dissolves in water (b) does not dissolve
- 8.True or false: baking a cake is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 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.⚖️ 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small pebbles (b) sugar (c) sand (d) cooking oil
- 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.🧂 Which of these does not dissolve in water? (a) sand (b) table salt (c) food colour (d) glucose powder
- 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.🧈 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) glucose powder (b) baking soda (c) food colour (d) cooking oil
- 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.🌊 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.⚖️ 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.True or false: table salt does not dissolve in water. (a) False (b) True
- 21.True or false: melting butter is a change that can be undone. (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 the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🧺 Which of these is needed for growing salt crystals? (a) a balloon (b) a magnet (c) yeast (d) warm water
- 24.True or false: folding paper is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🧺 Which of these is needed for growing salt crystals? (a) a magnet (b) a spoon (c) yeast (d) a battery cell
- 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chalk powder (b) baking soda (c) cooking oil (d) small pebbles
- 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.True or false: milk turning to curd is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 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.True or false: rusting iron is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🧺 Which of these is not needed for growing salt crystals? (a) warm water (b) a shallow dish (c) a mirror (d) salt
- 33.True or false: salt is not needed for growing salt crystals. (a) False (b) True
- 34.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for growing salt crystals. (a) False (b) True
- 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.True or false: sawdust does not dissolve in water. (a) False (b) True
- 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.🧺 Do we need a spoon for growing salt crystals? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 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.🔮 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
- saturated
- does not dissolve
- chalk powder
- False
- False
- a grown-up
- does not dissolve
- True
- a mirror
- we measure it
- sugar
- False
- sand
- browning lemon ink
- melting ice
- cooking oil
- to make it very salty
- sea water evaporates
- True
- False
- True
- False
- warm water
- False
- a spoon
- sunny or shady place
- baking soda
- False
- False
- days to see crystals
- True
- a mirror
- False
- True
- yeast
- True
- milk turning to curd
- needed
- safe from small children
- sugar crystals form
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