Seed Germination Experiment Worksheet
What you do (Water, air, warmth): 1. Put cotton wool in two bowls; wet one and leave the other dry. 2. Place 10 moong seeds on each. 3. Keep both bowls in the same warm place and keep the wet cotton damp. 4. Count the sprouted seeds every day, and wash your hands.
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- 1.🧺 Which of these is not needed for sprouting seeds? (a) a small bowl (b) turmeric powder (c) moong seeds (d) cotton wool
- 2.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? Which of these is what we measure? (a) how many seeds sprout (b) the number of seeds (c) wet or dry cotton (d) the same bowls
- 3.True or false: water is needed for a seed to sprout. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🔮 Predict: seeds on wet cotton are kept in the freezer. What happens? (a) they sprout faster (b) they glow (c) they grow fruit (d) they do not sprout
- 5.True or false: wet seeds by a window sprouts in a few days. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🧺 Do we need a magnet for sprouting seeds? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 7.🧺 Do we need cotton wool for sprouting seeds? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 8.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: the same place is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🌱 Which of these does not sprout? (a) seeds on dry cotton (b) wet seeds in the dark (c) seeds on wet cotton (d) wet seeds by a window
- 10.🌱 Why do the seeds on dry cotton not sprout? (a) they have no soil (b) they have no water (c) they have no salt (d) they are too wet
- 11.🌱 Will these sprout: wet seeds by a window? (a) sprouts (b) does not sprout
- 12.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) water (b) moong seeds (c) turmeric powder (d) a small bowl
- 13.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: how many seeds sprout is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 14.True or false: salt is needed for a seed to sprout. (a) False (b) True
- 15.🧺 Which of these is not needed for sprouting seeds? (a) moong seeds (b) a small bowl (c) water (d) a magnet
- 16.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the number of seeds (b) how many seeds sprout (c) wet or dry cotton
- 17.🌱 Will these sprout: seeds on wet cotton? (a) does not sprout (b) sprouts
- 18.🌱 Is soil needed for a seed to sprout? (a) not needed to sprout (b) needed to sprout
- 19.True or false: sunlight is needed for a seed to sprout. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🌱 What comes out of a moong seed first when it sprouts? (a) a thorn (b) a tiny root (c) a flower (d) a fruit
- 21.🔮 Predict: seeds on wet cotton are kept in a dark cupboard. Will they sprout? (a) they melt (b) no, never (c) they turn to stones (d) yes, they sprout
- 22.🌱 Will these sprout: wet seeds in the dark? (a) does not sprout (b) sprouts
- 23.🌱 Which of these is needed for a seed to sprout? (a) sugar (b) soil (c) warmth (d) sunlight
- 24.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) moong seeds (b) cotton wool (c) a few days (d) a balloon
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) salt (b) sunlight (c) soil (d) water
- 26.🌱 Is water needed for a seed to sprout? (a) needed to sprout (b) not needed to sprout
- 27.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a magnet (b) moong seeds (c) a small bowl (d) water
- 28.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) water (b) moong seeds (c) a few days (d) yeast
- 29.True or false: moong seeds is needed for sprouting seeds. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🌱 Is warmth needed for a seed to sprout? (a) needed to sprout (b) not needed to sprout
- 31.🧺 Which of these is needed for sprouting seeds? (a) a battery cell (b) water (c) turmeric powder (d) yeast
- 32.🌱 Is sugar needed for a seed to sprout? (a) not needed to sprout (b) needed to sprout
- 33.🌱 Where does a sprouting seed get its first food from? (a) the sunlight only (b) the cotton wool (c) food stored in the seed (d) the air
- 34.True or false: a small bowl is needed for sprouting seeds. (a) True (b) False
- 35.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? What do we do with “the same bowls”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
- 36.🧺 Do we need a balloon for sprouting seeds? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 37.True or false: sugar is not needed for a seed to sprout. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) warmth (b) water (c) salt (d) air
- 39.🌱 Which of these sprouts in a few days? (a) seeds in the freezer (b) boiled seeds (c) seeds on dry cotton (d) wet seeds by a window
- 40.🧺 Which of these is needed for sprouting seeds? (a) a balloon (b) a mirror (c) a magnet (d) a few days
Answer key
- turmeric powder
- how many seeds sprout
- True
- they do not sprout
- True
- not needed
- needed
- False
- seeds on dry cotton
- they have no water
- sprouts
- turmeric powder
- False
- False
- a magnet
- the number of seeds
- sprouts
- not needed to sprout
- False
- a tiny root
- yes, they sprout
- sprouts
- warmth
- a balloon
- water
- needed to sprout
- a magnet
- yeast
- True
- needed to sprout
- water
- not needed to sprout
- food stored in the seed
- True
- we keep it the same
- not needed
- True
- salt
- wet seeds by a window
- a few days
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