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.🧂 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) cooking oil (b) table salt (c) chalk powder (d) sawdust
- 2.True or false: melting butter is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 3.⚖️ 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 kind of salt
- 4.🧺 Which of these is needed for growing salt crystals? (a) a magnet (b) a battery cell (c) warm water (d) yeast
- 5.🧺 Do we need warm water for growing salt crystals? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 6.📘 What do we call a solution that cannot dissolve any more salt? (a) saturated (b) empty (c) frozen (d) magnetic
- 7.🛟 Where should you keep the crystal dish while it dries? (a) next to the baby (b) on the edge of a table (c) in a busy doorway (d) safe from small children
- 8.🧂 Which of these does not dissolve in water? (a) baking soda (b) food colour (c) table salt (d) sand
- 9.🧂 Which of these does not dissolve in water? (a) table salt (b) glucose powder (c) chalk powder (d) baking soda
- 10.True or false: food colour dissolves in water. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for growing salt crystals? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 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.True or false: baking soda does not dissolve in water. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) cooking an egg (c) milk turning to curd (d) melting butter
- 15.🧈 Can this change be undone: rusting iron? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 16.🧺 Do we need a shallow dish for growing salt crystals? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 17.True or false: small pebbles dissolves in water. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chalk powder (b) sawdust (c) glucose powder (d) sand
- 19.🧺 Do we need a magnet for growing salt crystals? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 20.⚖️ 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) False (b) True
- 21.⚖️ 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
- 22.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) salt (b) a piece of string (c) a spoon (d) turmeric powder
- 23.🌊 How is salt made in salt pans by the sea? (a) salt rains down (b) sand is ground up (c) fish make it (d) sea water evaporates
- 24.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) folding paper (b) melting ice (c) dissolving salt (d) rusting iron
- 25.True or false: rusting iron is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 26.True or false: a piece of string is not needed for growing salt crystals. (a) False (b) True
- 27.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? True or false: the same dish is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🧂 Does sawdust dissolve in water? (a) dissolves in water (b) does not dissolve
- 29.🧂 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) chalk powder (b) sand (c) cooking oil (d) food colour
- 30.🧂 Which of these does not dissolve in water? (a) table salt (b) sugar (c) cooking oil (d) food colour
- 31.True or false: melting ice is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 32.True or false: milk turning to curd is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 33.⚖️ 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 same dish (b) the kind of salt (c) sunny or shady place (d) days to see crystals
- 34.True or false: cooking oil dissolves in water. (a) True (b) False
- 35.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? Which of these is kept the same? (a) days to see crystals (b) the amount of salt (c) sunny or shady place
- 36.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a spoon (b) a magnet (c) a piece of string (d) a shallow dish
- 37.🧂 Does glucose powder dissolve in water? (a) does not dissolve (b) dissolves in water
- 38.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
- 39.🧂 Does sand dissolve in water? (a) does not dissolve (b) dissolves in water
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sand (b) food colour (c) baking soda (d) table salt
Answer key
- table salt
- False
- days to see crystals
- warm water
- needed
- saturated
- safe from small children
- sand
- chalk powder
- True
- not needed
- False
- False
- melting butter
- cannot be undone
- needed
- False
- glucose powder
- not needed
- False
- False
- turmeric powder
- sea water evaporates
- rusting iron
- False
- False
- True
- does not dissolve
- food colour
- cooking oil
- True
- True
- sunny or shady place
- False
- the amount of salt
- a magnet
- dissolves in water
- we keep it the same
- does not dissolve
- sand
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