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Salt Crystal Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 18: Growing salt crystals · Set 848 · 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: turmeric powder is needed for growing salt crystals. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a piece of string (b) turmeric powder (c) salt (d) warm water
  3. 3.⚖️ 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
  4. 4.⚖️ 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 amount of salt (b) sunny or shady place (c) the same dish (d) the amount of water
  5. 5.🧺 Do we need a shallow dish for growing salt crystals? (a) needed (b) not needed
  6. 6.True or false: cooking oil dissolves in water. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔮 Predict: you cover the dish so no water can escape. What happens? (a) crystals grow faster (b) few or no crystals (c) it turns sweet (d) it fizzes
  8. 8.🧂 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) baking soda (b) small pebbles (c) chalk powder (d) sawdust
  9. 9.🧈 Can this change be undone: cooking an egg? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sand (b) food colour (c) cooking oil (d) chalk powder
  11. 11.True or false: glucose powder does not dissolve in water. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sand (b) chalk powder (c) baking soda (d) small pebbles
  13. 13.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) folding paper (b) browning lemon ink (c) freezing water (d) dissolving salt
  14. 14.True or false: sand dissolves in water. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: baking a cake is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🧺 Which of these is needed for growing salt crystals? (a) a battery cell (b) salt (c) a mirror (d) a balloon
  17. 17.🛟 Where should you keep the crystal dish while it dries? (a) next to the baby (b) on the edge of a table (c) safe from small children (d) in a busy doorway
  18. 18.True or false: rusting iron is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🧺 Do we need a piece of string for growing salt crystals? (a) needed (b) not needed
  20. 20.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for growing salt crystals? (a) not needed (b) needed
  21. 21.🧂 Which of these does not dissolve in water? (a) cooking oil (b) sugar (c) food colour (d) glucose powder
  22. 22.🧂 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) glucose powder (b) sand (c) small pebbles (d) cooking oil
  23. 23.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) folding paper (b) melting butter (c) freezing water (d) baking a cake
  24. 24.🛟 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
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sand (b) food colour (c) table salt (d) baking soda
  26. 26.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? True or false: days to see crystals is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🧂 What shape are table salt crystals under a magnifying glass? (a) tiny triangles (b) tiny stars (c) tiny spheres (d) tiny cubes
  28. 28.⚖️ 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 measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
  29. 29.🧂 Does baking soda dissolve in water? (a) does not dissolve (b) dissolves in water
  30. 30.True or false: yeast is not needed for growing salt crystals. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a shallow dish (b) a mirror (c) a piece of string (d) warm water
  32. 32.🧺 Which of these is needed for growing salt crystals? (a) a balloon (b) a shallow dish (c) a mirror (d) a battery cell
  33. 33.True or false: a battery cell is needed for growing salt crystals. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.⚖️ 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 measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
  35. 35.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for growing salt crystals? (a) needed (b) not needed
  36. 36.🧂 Does glucose powder dissolve in water? (a) does not dissolve (b) dissolves in water
  37. 37.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? True or false: sunny or shady place is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) salt (b) a shallow dish (c) a magnet (d) a piece of string
  39. 39.True or false: a spoon is not needed for growing salt crystals. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧺 Do we need a balloon for growing salt crystals? (a) needed (b) not needed

Answer key

  1. False
  2. turmeric powder
  3. False
  4. sunny or shady place
  5. needed
  6. False
  7. few or no crystals
  8. baking soda
  9. cannot be undone
  10. food colour
  11. False
  12. baking soda
  13. browning lemon ink
  14. False
  15. True
  16. salt
  17. safe from small children
  18. True
  19. needed
  20. not needed
  21. cooking oil
  22. glucose powder
  23. baking a cake
  24. a grown-up
  25. sand
  26. True
  27. tiny cubes
  28. we change it
  29. dissolves in water
  30. True
  31. a mirror
  32. a shallow dish
  33. False
  34. we measure it
  35. not needed
  36. dissolves in water
  37. False
  38. a magnet
  39. False
  40. not needed

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