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.True or false: baking a cake is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🧺 Do we need a magnet for growing salt crystals? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 3.🧺 Do we need yeast for growing salt crystals? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 4.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) freezing water (b) cooking an egg (c) browning lemon ink (d) milk turning to curd
- 5.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a battery cell (b) a shallow dish (c) a spoon (d) salt
- 6.🧺 Which of these is needed for growing salt crystals? (a) yeast (b) a spoon (c) a magnet (d) a balloon
- 7.True or false: melting ice is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🌊 How is salt made in salt pans by the sea? (a) salt rains down (b) sea water evaporates (c) fish make it (d) sand is ground up
- 9.🔮 Predict: you cover the dish so no water can escape. What happens? (a) crystals grow faster (b) it turns sweet (c) it fizzes (d) few or no crystals
- 10.⚖️ 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
- 11.⚖️ 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 measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
- 12.🛟 Who should pour the warm water for the crystal experiment? (a) a grown-up (b) the youngest child (c) nobody needs to (d) a friend who is running
- 13.🛟 Where should you keep the crystal dish while it dries? (a) in a busy doorway (b) next to the baby (c) safe from small children (d) on the edge of a table
- 14.⚖️ 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 salt (b) days to see crystals (c) sunny or shady place (d) the amount of water
- 15.🧺 Which of these is not needed for growing salt crystals? (a) a mirror (b) a spoon (c) salt (d) a piece of string
- 16.🧺 Which of these is not needed for growing salt crystals? (a) warm water (b) a piece of string (c) salt (d) a magnet
- 17.🧈 Can this change be undone: rusting iron? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
- 18.🧺 Do we need a spoon for growing salt crystals? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 19.True or false: yeast is not needed for growing salt crystals. (a) False (b) True
- 20.True or false: a spoon is not needed for growing salt crystals. (a) True (b) False
- 21.True or false: folding paper is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🧺 Which of these is not needed for growing salt crystals? (a) salt (b) a shallow dish (c) a piece of string (d) a balloon
- 23.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? True or false: the amount of water is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
- 24.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? True or false: sunny or shady place is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) rusting iron (b) baking a cake (c) milk turning to curd (d) folding paper
- 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 the one thing we change. (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 amount of salt is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 28.📘 What do we call a solution that cannot dissolve any more salt? (a) frozen (b) saturated (c) magnetic (d) empty
- 29.🧂 Does table salt dissolve in water? (a) does not dissolve (b) dissolves in water
- 30.🧂 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) cooking oil (b) small pebbles (c) sugar (d) chalk powder
- 31.🧈 Can this change be undone: folding paper? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
- 32.True or false: chalk powder does not dissolve in water. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a shallow dish (b) salt (c) a magnet (d) a piece of string
- 34.🧺 Do we need a shallow dish for growing salt crystals? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 35.⚖️ 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 measure it (c) we keep it the same
- 36.🧺 Do we need salt for growing salt crystals? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 37.🔮 Predict: crystals grow slowly where nobody disturbs them. How big are they? (a) no crystals (b) bigger crystals (c) liquid crystals (d) smaller crystals
- 38.🧺 Which of these is needed for growing salt crystals? (a) a magnet (b) a balloon (c) a mirror (d) warm water
- 39.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) salt (b) a spoon (c) yeast (d) warm water
- 40.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) melting butter (c) milk turning to curd (d) cooking an egg
Answer key
- False
- not needed
- not needed
- freezing water
- a battery cell
- a spoon
- False
- sea water evaporates
- few or no crystals
- False
- we keep it the same
- a grown-up
- safe from small children
- days to see crystals
- a mirror
- a magnet
- cannot be undone
- needed
- True
- False
- True
- a balloon
- False
- False
- folding paper
- False
- True
- saturated
- dissolves in water
- sugar
- can be undone
- True
- a magnet
- needed
- we keep it the same
- needed
- bigger crystals
- warm water
- yeast
- melting butter
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