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.🔮 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
- 2.🧺 Which of these is needed for sprouting seeds? (a) a small bowl (b) a magnet (c) a balloon (d) a mirror
- 3.🌱 What comes out of a moong seed first when it sprouts? (a) a flower (b) a tiny root (c) a thorn (d) a fruit
- 4.🧺 Which of these is not needed for sprouting seeds? (a) cotton wool (b) a magnet (c) a small bowl (d) water
- 5.🧺 Which of these is needed for sprouting seeds? (a) a magnet (b) turmeric powder (c) moong seeds (d) a mirror
- 6.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? What do we do with “wet or dry cotton”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
- 7.🌱 Which of these is needed for a seed to sprout? (a) sugar (b) air (c) soil (d) salt
- 8.🧺 Do we need moong seeds for sprouting seeds? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 9.🌱 Will these sprout: boiled seeds? (a) sprouts (b) does not sprout
- 10.🧺 Do we need a small bowl for sprouting seeds? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 11.True or false: soil is needed for a seed to sprout. (a) True (b) False
- 12.True or false: cotton wool is needed for sprouting seeds. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a few days (b) a small bowl (c) a balloon (d) moong seeds
- 14.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) water (b) a few days (c) a small bowl (d) a battery cell
- 15.📘 What do we call a seed starting to grow? (a) evaporation (b) condensation (c) germination (d) pollination
- 16.🌱 Is sugar needed for a seed to sprout? (a) not needed to sprout (b) needed to sprout
- 17.🌱 Is air needed for a seed to sprout? (a) not needed to sprout (b) needed to sprout
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) warmth (b) water (c) sunlight (d) air
- 19.True or false: seeds on dry cotton does not sprout. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🧺 Which of these is needed for sprouting seeds? (a) a battery cell (b) cotton wool (c) a mirror (d) turmeric powder
- 21.True or false: sugar is not needed for a seed to sprout. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🔮 Predict: seeds on wet cotton are kept in the freezer. What happens? (a) they do not sprout (b) they grow fruit (c) they glow (d) they sprout faster
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) warmth (b) soil (c) water (d) air
- 24.⚖️ 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
- 25.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the kind of seeds (b) the number of seeds (c) how many seeds sprout (d) wet or dry cotton
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) salt (b) sunlight (c) water (d) soil
- 27.True or false: water is not needed for a seed to sprout. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🧺 Which of these is needed for sprouting seeds? (a) yeast (b) a few days (c) turmeric powder (d) a mirror
- 29.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: the same bowls is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🛟 What should you do after touching soil or seeds? (a) skip washing (b) rub your eyes (c) wash your hands (d) lick your fingers
- 31.True or false: soil is not needed for a seed to sprout. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🌱 Which of these is needed for a seed to sprout? (a) sugar (b) warmth (c) soil (d) salt
- 33.🌱 Is water needed for a seed to sprout? (a) needed to sprout (b) not needed to sprout
- 34.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: the same bowls is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🧺 Which of these is not needed for sprouting seeds? (a) cotton wool (b) moong seeds (c) water (d) yeast
- 36.True or false: yeast is not needed for sprouting seeds. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🌱 Which of these does not sprout? (a) wet seeds by a window (b) seeds on wet cotton (c) seeds in the freezer (d) wet seeds in the dark
- 38.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: the number of seeds is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
- 39.True or false: a few days is needed for sprouting seeds. (a) False (b) True
- 40.True or false: air is not needed for a seed to sprout. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- pale yellow
- a small bowl
- a tiny root
- a magnet
- moong seeds
- we change it
- air
- needed
- does not sprout
- needed
- False
- True
- a balloon
- a battery cell
- germination
- not needed to sprout
- needed to sprout
- sunlight
- True
- cotton wool
- True
- they do not sprout
- soil
- the kind of seeds
- how many seeds sprout
- water
- False
- a few days
- True
- wash your hands
- True
- warmth
- needed to sprout
- False
- yeast
- True
- seeds in the freezer
- False
- True
- False
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