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Salt Crystal Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 18: Growing salt crystals · Set 948 · 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: freezing water is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting ice (b) folding paper (c) browning lemon ink (d) freezing water
  3. 3.🧂 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) small pebbles (b) sawdust (c) chalk powder (d) sugar
  4. 4.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a piece of string (b) a spoon (c) a shallow dish (d) a balloon
  5. 5.🧺 Do we need warm water for growing salt crystals? (a) not needed (b) needed
  6. 6.🧂 Does table salt dissolve in water? (a) dissolves in water (b) does not dissolve
  7. 7.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting butter? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) food colour (b) table salt (c) baking soda (d) cooking oil
  9. 9.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) salt (b) a piece of string (c) a mirror (d) warm water
  10. 10.⚖️ 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) True (b) False
  11. 11.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting ice (b) melting butter (c) milk turning to curd (d) freezing water
  12. 12.🛟 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
  13. 13.🔮 Predict: you use sugar instead of salt. What happens as it dries? (a) sugar crystals form (b) salt crystals form (c) it turns to oil (d) it turns to butter
  14. 14.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for growing salt crystals? (a) needed (b) not needed
  15. 15.🧈 Can this change be undone: dissolving salt? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  16. 16.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we change it
  17. 17.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for growing salt crystals? (a) needed (b) not needed
  18. 18.🧈 Can this change be undone: rusting iron? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  19. 19.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) rusting iron (b) baking a cake (c) melting ice (d) browning lemon ink
  20. 20.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? True or false: days to see crystals is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? Which of these is what we measure? (a) sunny or shady place (b) the amount of water (c) the same dish (d) days to see crystals
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small pebbles (b) table salt (c) glucose powder (d) food colour
  23. 23.⚖️ 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 change it (c) we keep it the same
  24. 24.🛟 Who should pour the warm water for the crystal experiment? (a) a friend who is running (b) a grown-up (c) nobody needs to (d) the youngest child
  25. 25.⚖️ 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
  26. 26.True or false: a spoon is needed for growing salt crystals. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: baking soda dissolves in water. (a) False (b) True
  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 keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
  29. 29.🔮 Predict: crystals grow slowly where nobody disturbs them. How big are they? (a) liquid crystals (b) no crystals (c) smaller crystals (d) bigger crystals
  30. 30.🧂 Why do we stir in salt until no more will dissolve? (a) to cool the water (b) to make it very salty (c) to make it fizz (d) to change its colour
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) baking soda (b) chalk powder (c) table salt (d) sugar
  32. 32.🧺 Which of these is needed for growing salt crystals? (a) yeast (b) a balloon (c) a spoon (d) a mirror
  33. 33.🧂 Does food colour dissolve in water? (a) does not dissolve (b) dissolves in water
  34. 34.🧺 Which of these is needed for growing salt crystals? (a) a balloon (b) a battery cell (c) salt (d) yeast
  35. 35.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? True or false: the kind of salt is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? What do we do with “the kind of salt”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
  37. 37.True or false: small pebbles dissolves in water. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: food colour does not dissolve in water. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) glucose powder (b) sawdust (c) cooking oil (d) sand
  40. 40.🧺 Which of these is not needed for growing salt crystals? (a) a battery cell (b) a shallow dish (c) a spoon (d) salt

Answer key

  1. False
  2. browning lemon ink
  3. sugar
  4. a balloon
  5. needed
  6. dissolves in water
  7. can be undone
  8. cooking oil
  9. a mirror
  10. False
  11. milk turning to curd
  12. safe from small children
  13. sugar crystals form
  14. not needed
  15. can be undone
  16. we keep it the same
  17. not needed
  18. cannot be undone
  19. melting ice
  20. False
  21. days to see crystals
  22. small pebbles
  23. we keep it the same
  24. a grown-up
  25. we keep it the same
  26. True
  27. True
  28. we change it
  29. bigger crystals
  30. to make it very salty
  31. chalk powder
  32. a spoon
  33. dissolves in water
  34. salt
  35. False
  36. we keep it the same
  37. False
  38. False
  39. glucose powder
  40. a battery cell

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