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Salt Crystal Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 18: Growing salt crystals · Set 973 · 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: baking a cake is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🧺 Do we need a magnet for growing salt crystals? (a) needed (b) not needed
  3. 3.🧺 Do we need yeast for growing salt crystals? (a) not needed (b) needed
  4. 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. 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. 6.🧺 Which of these is needed for growing salt crystals? (a) yeast (b) a spoon (c) a magnet (d) a balloon
  7. 7.True or false: melting ice is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
  8. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 17.🧈 Can this change be undone: rusting iron? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  18. 18.🧺 Do we need a spoon for growing salt crystals? (a) not needed (b) needed
  19. 19.True or false: yeast is not needed for growing salt crystals. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: a spoon is not needed for growing salt crystals. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: folding paper is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
  22. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 28.📘 What do we call a solution that cannot dissolve any more salt? (a) frozen (b) saturated (c) magnetic (d) empty
  29. 29.🧂 Does table salt dissolve in water? (a) does not dissolve (b) dissolves in water
  30. 30.🧂 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) cooking oil (b) small pebbles (c) sugar (d) chalk powder
  31. 31.🧈 Can this change be undone: folding paper? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  32. 32.True or false: chalk powder does not dissolve in water. (a) True (b) False
  33. 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. 34.🧺 Do we need a shallow dish for growing salt crystals? (a) needed (b) not needed
  35. 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. 36.🧺 Do we need salt for growing salt crystals? (a) not needed (b) needed
  37. 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. 38.🧺 Which of these is needed for growing salt crystals? (a) a magnet (b) a balloon (c) a mirror (d) warm water
  39. 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. 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

  1. False
  2. not needed
  3. not needed
  4. freezing water
  5. a battery cell
  6. a spoon
  7. False
  8. sea water evaporates
  9. few or no crystals
  10. False
  11. we keep it the same
  12. a grown-up
  13. safe from small children
  14. days to see crystals
  15. a mirror
  16. a magnet
  17. cannot be undone
  18. needed
  19. True
  20. False
  21. True
  22. a balloon
  23. False
  24. False
  25. folding paper
  26. False
  27. True
  28. saturated
  29. dissolves in water
  30. sugar
  31. can be undone
  32. True
  33. a magnet
  34. needed
  35. we keep it the same
  36. needed
  37. bigger crystals
  38. warm water
  39. yeast
  40. melting butter

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