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 needed for sprouting seeds? (a) turmeric powder (b) a magnet (c) a mirror (d) water
- 2.🧺 Do we need water for sprouting seeds? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 3.🌱 Which of these does not sprout? (a) wet seeds by a window (b) boiled seeds (c) seeds on wet cotton (d) wet seeds in the dark
- 4.🧺 Which of these is not needed for sprouting seeds? (a) a few days (b) water (c) turmeric powder (d) moong seeds
- 5.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) water (b) moong seeds (c) a mirror (d) a small bowl
- 6.True or false: a mirror is not needed for sprouting seeds. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🌱 Is warmth needed for a seed to sprout? (a) not needed to sprout (b) needed to sprout
- 8.🌱 Which of these does not sprout? (a) wet seeds in the dark (b) seeds in the freezer (c) wet seeds by a window (d) seeds on wet cotton
- 9.🔮 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
- 10.🌱 Will these sprout: wet seeds by a window? (a) does not sprout (b) sprouts
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) warmth (b) water (c) air (d) sugar
- 12.True or false: sugar is needed for a seed to sprout. (a) False (b) True
- 13.True or false: wet seeds by a window does not sprout. (a) True (b) False
- 14.True or false: soil is not needed for a seed to sprout. (a) False (b) True
- 15.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? What do we do with “the kind of seeds”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
- 16.🌱 Is air needed for a seed to sprout? (a) needed to sprout (b) not needed to sprout
- 17.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: the number of seeds is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
- 18.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: the kind of seeds is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 19.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: how many seeds sprout is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🛟 Some seeds from shops are coated with chemicals. What is the safe rule? (a) throw them at friends (b) never put seeds in mouth (c) feed them to pets (d) eat a few to check
- 21.🌱 Is soil needed for a seed to sprout? (a) not needed to sprout (b) needed to sprout
- 22.🔮 Predict: seeds on wet cotton are kept in a dark cupboard. Will they sprout? (a) they turn to stones (b) they melt (c) yes, they sprout (d) no, never
- 23.True or false: a balloon is not needed for sprouting seeds. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a magnet (b) water (c) moong seeds (d) cotton wool
- 25.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the same place (b) wet or dry cotton (c) how many seeds sprout (d) the same bowls
- 26.True or false: seeds in the freezer sprouts in a few days. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cotton wool (b) moong seeds (c) turmeric powder (d) water
- 28.⚖️ 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
- 29.🌱 Which of these is needed for a seed to sprout? (a) soil (b) salt (c) warmth (d) sugar
- 30.🔮 Predict: seeds on wet cotton are kept in the freezer. What happens? (a) they grow fruit (b) they sprout faster (c) they glow (d) they do not sprout
- 31.🌱 Why do the seeds on dry cotton not sprout? (a) they have no water (b) they are too wet (c) they have no soil (d) they have no salt
- 32.True or false: wet seeds in the dark sprouts in a few days. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🌱 Which of these sprouts in a few days? (a) seeds on dry cotton (b) seeds in the freezer (c) wet seeds by a window (d) boiled seeds
- 34.🧺 Do we need a mirror for sprouting seeds? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 35.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) yeast (b) a few days (c) cotton wool (d) water
- 36.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: the number of seeds is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 37.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? What do we do with “the number of seeds”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) salt (b) soil (c) air (d) sugar
- 39.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: how many seeds sprout is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🌱 Will these sprout: boiled seeds? (a) does not sprout (b) sprouts
Answer key
- water
- needed
- boiled seeds
- turmeric powder
- a mirror
- True
- needed to sprout
- seeds in the freezer
- pale yellow
- sprouts
- sugar
- False
- False
- True
- we keep it the same
- needed to sprout
- False
- False
- False
- never put seeds in mouth
- not needed to sprout
- yes, they sprout
- True
- a magnet
- how many seeds sprout
- False
- turmeric powder
- we change it
- warmth
- they do not sprout
- they have no water
- True
- wet seeds by a window
- not needed
- yeast
- True
- we keep it the same
- air
- False
- does not sprout
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