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.🧂 Does food colour dissolve in water? (a) does not dissolve (b) dissolves in water
- 2.True or false: freezing water is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 3.🧺 Do we need a mirror for growing salt crystals? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 4.True or false: chalk powder dissolves in water. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🧺 Which of these is needed for growing salt crystals? (a) a balloon (b) a shallow dish (c) a magnet (d) a battery cell
- 6.🧂 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) sand (b) chalk powder (c) sawdust (d) table salt
- 7.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a shallow dish (b) warm water (c) a spoon (d) a magnet
- 8.True or false: baking soda dissolves in water. (a) False (b) True
- 9.⚖️ 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 change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
- 10.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? What do we do with “the amount of water”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
- 11.🧺 Which of these is not needed for growing salt crystals? (a) warm water (b) a spoon (c) a piece of string (d) turmeric powder
- 12.⚖️ 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 water (b) sunny or shady place (c) days to see crystals (d) the amount of salt
- 13.True or false: cooking oil dissolves in water. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) dissolving salt (b) freezing water (c) rusting iron (d) folding paper
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) table salt (b) sugar (c) food colour (d) small pebbles
- 16.🧂 Which of these does not dissolve in water? (a) glucose powder (b) baking soda (c) chalk powder (d) sugar
- 17.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? True or false: the amount of water is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
- 18.True or false: table salt does not dissolve in water. (a) False (b) True
- 19.⚖️ 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
- 20.🧂 Which of these does not dissolve in water? (a) glucose powder (b) sawdust (c) food colour (d) sugar
- 21.🧺 Which of these is needed for growing salt crystals? (a) a balloon (b) yeast (c) warm water (d) a magnet
- 22.True or false: a piece of string is needed for growing salt crystals. (a) True (b) False
- 23.True or false: cooking an egg is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 24.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? What do we do with “the same dish”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
- 25.🧂 Does sugar dissolve in water? (a) does not dissolve (b) dissolves in water
- 26.True or false: a spoon is not needed for growing salt crystals. (a) True (b) False
- 27.⚖️ 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 change it (c) we keep it the same
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sand (b) small pebbles (c) chalk powder (d) glucose powder
- 29.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting butter (b) folding paper (c) dissolving salt (d) browning lemon ink
- 30.🧂 Does glucose powder dissolve in water? (a) does not dissolve (b) dissolves in water
- 31.⚖️ 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
- 32.True or false: sawdust dissolves in water. (a) True (b) False
- 33.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we measure it
- 34.True or false: browning lemon ink is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sand (b) small pebbles (c) sawdust (d) food colour
- 36.True or false: a balloon is needed for growing salt crystals. (a) False (b) True
- 37.True or false: cooking an egg is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) salt (b) a shallow dish (c) a battery cell (d) a piece of string
- 39.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) browning lemon ink (b) cooking an egg (c) baking a cake (d) melting butter
- 40.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) browning lemon ink (b) milk turning to curd (c) dissolving salt (d) rusting iron
Answer key
- dissolves in water
- True
- not needed
- False
- a shallow dish
- table salt
- a magnet
- True
- we change it
- we keep it the same
- turmeric powder
- days to see crystals
- False
- rusting iron
- small pebbles
- chalk powder
- False
- False
- True
- sawdust
- warm water
- True
- False
- we keep it the same
- dissolves in water
- False
- we measure it
- glucose powder
- browning lemon ink
- dissolves in water
- True
- False
- we keep it the same
- True
- food colour
- False
- True
- a battery cell
- melting butter
- dissolving salt
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