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.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a shallow dish (b) yeast (c) a spoon (d) salt
- 2.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a spoon (b) warm water (c) a shallow dish (d) a magnet
- 3.True or false: freezing water is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🛟 Who should pour the warm water for the crystal experiment? (a) the youngest child (b) nobody needs to (c) a friend who is running (d) a grown-up
- 5.True or false: milk turning to curd is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 6.True or false: a shallow dish is not needed for growing salt crystals. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🧈 Can this change be undone: baking a cake? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
- 8.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) cooking an egg (c) browning lemon ink (d) freezing water
- 9.True or false: a battery cell is not needed for growing salt crystals. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a mirror (b) a shallow dish (c) salt (d) a piece of string
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) glucose powder (b) chalk powder (c) sugar (d) table salt
- 12.True or false: sand does not dissolve in water. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a spoon (b) a battery cell (c) warm water (d) salt
- 14.True or false: table salt dissolves in water. (a) False (b) True
- 15.🧺 Do we need salt for growing salt crystals? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 16.🧂 Which of these does not dissolve in water? (a) table salt (b) baking soda (c) food colour (d) sand
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) baking soda (b) glucose powder (c) sugar (d) sawdust
- 18.⚖️ 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
- 19.True or false: a magnet is needed for growing salt crystals. (a) False (b) True
- 20.⚖️ 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) True (b) False
- 21.🧂 Why do crystals appear as the dish dries? (a) the dish melts (b) water evaporates (c) salt grows roots (d) salt eats water
- 22.🌊 How is salt made in salt pans by the sea? (a) sea water evaporates (b) salt rains down (c) sand is ground up (d) fish make it
- 23.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) folding paper (b) melting ice (c) baking a cake (d) dissolving salt
- 24.⚖️ 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
- 25.🧺 Do we need yeast for growing salt crystals? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 26.🧺 Do we need a piece of string for growing salt crystals? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 27.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) dissolving salt (b) baking a cake (c) milk turning to curd (d) cooking an egg
- 28.True or false: dissolving salt is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🛟 Where should you keep the crystal dish while it dries? (a) on the edge of a table (b) next to the baby (c) in a busy doorway (d) safe from small children
- 30.🧺 Do we need a magnet for growing salt crystals? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 31.True or false: a shallow dish is needed for growing salt crystals. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🧈 Can this change be undone: dissolving salt? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 33.🧈 Can this change be undone: milk turning to curd? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 34.True or false: baking a cake is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🧂 Which of these does not dissolve in water? (a) baking soda (b) sugar (c) table salt (d) cooking oil
- 36.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting ice (b) folding paper (c) rusting iron (d) melting butter
- 37.⚖️ 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
- 38.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
- 39.🧂 Does sugar dissolve in water? (a) dissolves in water (b) does not dissolve
- 40.🧈 Can this change be undone: freezing water? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
Answer key
- yeast
- a magnet
- False
- a grown-up
- False
- False
- cannot be undone
- freezing water
- True
- a mirror
- chalk powder
- True
- a battery cell
- True
- needed
- sand
- sawdust
- the amount of salt
- False
- False
- water evaporates
- sea water evaporates
- baking a cake
- we change it
- not needed
- needed
- dissolving salt
- False
- safe from small children
- not needed
- True
- can be undone
- cannot be undone
- False
- cooking oil
- rusting iron
- we measure it
- we keep it the same
- dissolves in water
- can be undone
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