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.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for sprouting seeds? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) soil (b) sugar (c) warmth (d) sunlight
- 3.🧺 Which of these is needed for sprouting seeds? (a) a balloon (b) yeast (c) cotton wool (d) a magnet
- 4.True or false: water is needed for a seed to sprout. (a) False (b) True
- 5.🌱 Which of these does not sprout? (a) wet seeds by a window (b) wet seeds in the dark (c) seeds on dry cotton (d) seeds on wet cotton
- 6.🌱 Where does a sprouting seed get its first food from? (a) the air (b) the cotton wool (c) the sunlight only (d) food stored in the seed
- 7.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: the same bowls is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
- 8.🧺 Do we need a few days for sprouting seeds? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 9.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: the kind of seeds is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cotton wool (b) moong seeds (c) a balloon (d) a small bowl
- 11.🛟 Some seeds from shops are coated with chemicals. What is the safe rule? (a) feed them to pets (b) eat a few to check (c) throw them at friends (d) never put seeds in mouth
- 12.🌱 Is sugar needed for a seed to sprout? (a) needed to sprout (b) not needed to sprout
- 13.🌱 Which of these is not needed for a seed to sprout? (a) soil (b) warmth (c) water (d) air
- 14.🔮 Predict: sprouts grow in the dark for a week. What colour are their leaves? (a) pale yellow (b) bright red (c) dark green (d) blue
- 15.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: the number of seeds is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
- 16.True or false: boiled seeds sprouts in a few days. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🌱 Which of these sprouts in a few days? (a) seeds in the freezer (b) boiled seeds (c) wet seeds by a window (d) seeds on dry cotton
- 18.🌱 Which of these does not sprout? (a) wet seeds in the dark (b) wet seeds by a window (c) boiled seeds (d) seeds on wet cotton
- 19.🌱 Is water needed for a seed to sprout? (a) not needed to sprout (b) needed to sprout
- 20.True or false: wet seeds by a window sprouts in a few days. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🌱 Which of these is needed for a seed to sprout? (a) sunlight (b) salt (c) soil (d) warmth
- 22.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? Which of these is kept the same? (a) wet or dry cotton (b) the same bowls (c) how many seeds sprout
- 23.🌱 Which of these is needed for a seed to sprout? (a) soil (b) sugar (c) water (d) sunlight
- 24.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cotton wool (b) yeast (c) a few days (d) a small bowl
- 25.🌱 Which of these does not sprout? (a) seeds in the freezer (b) seeds on wet cotton (c) wet seeds by a window (d) wet seeds in the dark
- 26.🧺 Which of these is not needed for sprouting seeds? (a) cotton wool (b) yeast (c) a few days (d) moong seeds
- 27.True or false: salt is needed for a seed to sprout. (a) True (b) False
- 28.True or false: water is needed for sprouting seeds. (a) True (b) False
- 29.True or false: wet seeds in the dark does not sprout. (a) True (b) False
- 30.True or false: a mirror is needed for sprouting seeds. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🌱 Is warmth needed for a seed to sprout? (a) needed to sprout (b) not needed to sprout
- 32.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) moong seeds (b) a mirror (c) cotton wool (d) a few days
- 33.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? What do we do with “wet or dry cotton”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
- 34.🔮 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
- 35.🧺 Which of these is not needed for sprouting seeds? (a) water (b) cotton wool (c) turmeric powder (d) a few days
- 36.True or false: salt is not needed for a seed to sprout. (a) False (b) True
- 37.True or false: turmeric powder is needed for sprouting seeds. (a) False (b) True
- 38.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: the kind of seeds is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
- 39.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? What do we do with “the kind of seeds”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
- 40.🧺 Which of these is needed for sprouting seeds? (a) a magnet (b) a balloon (c) turmeric powder (d) a small bowl
Answer key
- not needed
- warmth
- cotton wool
- True
- seeds on dry cotton
- food stored in the seed
- False
- needed
- True
- a balloon
- never put seeds in mouth
- not needed to sprout
- soil
- pale yellow
- False
- False
- wet seeds by a window
- boiled seeds
- needed to sprout
- True
- warmth
- the same bowls
- water
- yeast
- seeds in the freezer
- yeast
- False
- True
- False
- False
- needed to sprout
- a mirror
- we change it
- they do not sprout
- turmeric powder
- True
- False
- False
- we keep it the same
- a small bowl
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