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.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) moong seeds (b) a magnet (c) water (d) a few days
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) warmth (b) sunlight (c) soil (d) salt
- 3.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? Which of these is kept the same? (a) how many seeds sprout (b) the kind of seeds (c) wet or dry cotton
- 4.True or false: boiled seeds does not sprout. (a) False (b) True
- 5.🧺 Which of these is needed for sprouting seeds? (a) a small bowl (b) a battery cell (c) a magnet (d) a balloon
- 6.🧺 Which of these is not needed for sprouting seeds? (a) a few days (b) a mirror (c) moong seeds (d) water
- 7.🧺 Do we need cotton wool for sprouting seeds? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 8.True or false: seeds on wet cotton does not sprout. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🌱 Is air needed for a seed to sprout? (a) needed to sprout (b) not needed to sprout
- 10.True or false: salt is needed for a seed to sprout. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a few days (b) a balloon (c) moong seeds (d) cotton wool
- 12.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? What do we do with “the same place”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
- 13.🧺 Which of these is not needed for sprouting seeds? (a) a balloon (b) cotton wool (c) water (d) moong seeds
- 14.🌱 Is warmth needed for a seed to sprout? (a) needed to sprout (b) not needed to sprout
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) water (b) soil (c) sunlight (d) salt
- 16.True or false: a few days is needed for sprouting seeds. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🌱 Will these sprout: boiled seeds? (a) does not sprout (b) sprouts
- 18.True or false: salt is not needed for a seed to sprout. (a) False (b) True
- 19.True or false: seeds in the freezer sprouts in a few days. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🧺 Which of these is needed for sprouting seeds? (a) cotton wool (b) a balloon (c) turmeric powder (d) a battery cell
- 21.🌱 Which of these sprouts in a few days? (a) seeds in the freezer (b) boiled seeds (c) wet seeds in the dark (d) seeds on dry cotton
- 22.🌱 Which of these does not sprout? (a) wet seeds in the dark (b) seeds on wet cotton (c) wet seeds by a window (d) seeds on dry cotton
- 23.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for sprouting seeds? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 24.🧺 Do we need a few days for sprouting seeds? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 25.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? Which of these is kept the same? (a) how many seeds sprout (b) wet or dry cotton (c) the number of seeds
- 26.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the same bowls (b) how many seeds sprout (c) wet or dry cotton (d) the same place
- 27.True or false: warmth is not needed for a seed to sprout. (a) True (b) False
- 28.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? What do we do with “the kind of seeds”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
- 29.True or false: sugar is needed for a seed to sprout. (a) False (b) True
- 30.True or false: turmeric powder is needed for sprouting seeds. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) water (b) moong seeds (c) cotton wool (d) a mirror
- 32.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: wet or dry cotton is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🔮 Predict: seeds on wet cotton are kept in the freezer. What happens? (a) they grow fruit (b) they do not sprout (c) they sprout faster (d) they glow
- 34.🌱 Why do the seeds on dry cotton not sprout? (a) they are too wet (b) they have no soil (c) they have no water (d) they have no salt
- 35.🌱 Where does a sprouting seed get its first food from? (a) the cotton wool (b) food stored in the seed (c) the air (d) the sunlight only
- 36.True or false: boiled seeds sprouts in a few days. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) moong seeds (b) cotton wool (c) a battery cell (d) a small bowl
- 38.True or false: a small bowl is needed for sprouting seeds. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🌱 Will these sprout: seeds on dry cotton? (a) does not sprout (b) sprouts
- 40.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the same bowls (b) the kind of seeds (c) the same place (d) how many seeds sprout
Answer key
- a magnet
- warmth
- the kind of seeds
- True
- a small bowl
- a mirror
- needed
- False
- needed to sprout
- False
- a balloon
- we keep it the same
- a balloon
- needed to sprout
- water
- True
- does not sprout
- True
- False
- cotton wool
- wet seeds in the dark
- seeds on dry cotton
- not needed
- needed
- the number of seeds
- wet or dry cotton
- False
- we keep it the same
- False
- False
- a mirror
- False
- they do not sprout
- they have no water
- food stored in the seed
- False
- a battery cell
- True
- does not sprout
- how many seeds sprout
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