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.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: the number of seeds is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🔮 Predict: seeds on wet cotton are kept in the freezer. What happens? (a) they sprout faster (b) they grow fruit (c) they do not sprout (d) they glow
- 3.🧺 Do we need a mirror for sprouting seeds? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) salt (b) sugar (c) air (d) sunlight
- 5.True or false: boiled seeds does not sprout. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🧺 Do we need water for sprouting seeds? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) water (b) soil (c) salt (d) sugar
- 8.🧺 Which of these is needed for sprouting seeds? (a) turmeric powder (b) a magnet (c) water (d) a balloon
- 9.📘 What do we call a seed starting to grow? (a) evaporation (b) germination (c) pollination (d) condensation
- 10.⚖️ 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
- 11.🧺 Which of these is not needed for sprouting seeds? (a) cotton wool (b) a small bowl (c) a magnet (d) water
- 12.⚖️ 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
- 13.🌱 Is warmth needed for a seed to sprout? (a) needed to sprout (b) not needed to sprout
- 14.True or false: seeds in the freezer does not sprout. (a) False (b) True
- 15.True or false: air is not needed for a seed to sprout. (a) False (b) True
- 16.🧺 Do we need a balloon for sprouting seeds? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 17.True or false: salt is needed for a seed to sprout. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) air (b) warmth (c) water (d) sunlight
- 19.🔮 Predict: sprouts grow in the dark for a week. What colour are their leaves? (a) bright red (b) blue (c) dark green (d) pale yellow
- 20.🌱 Seeds need water, air and ___ to sprout. (a) sugar (b) warmth (c) salt (d) soil
- 21.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: wet or dry cotton is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 22.True or false: a battery cell is not needed for sprouting seeds. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🌱 What comes out of a moong seed first when it sprouts? (a) a tiny root (b) a thorn (c) a fruit (d) a flower
- 24.🌱 Will these sprout: seeds on dry cotton? (a) sprouts (b) does not sprout
- 25.🌱 Will these sprout: boiled seeds? (a) does not sprout (b) sprouts
- 26.🌱 Which of these is not needed for a seed to sprout? (a) soil (b) water (c) air (d) warmth
- 27.🌱 Which of these does not sprout? (a) seeds in the freezer (b) wet seeds by a window (c) seeds on wet cotton (d) wet seeds in the dark
- 28.🧺 Which of these is not needed for sprouting seeds? (a) a small bowl (b) a balloon (c) cotton wool (d) moong seeds
- 29.🌱 Where does a sprouting seed get its first food from? (a) the cotton wool (b) the sunlight only (c) the air (d) food stored in the seed
- 30.True or false: moong seeds is needed for sprouting seeds. (a) True (b) False
- 31.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? What do we do with “the same place”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) soil (b) water (c) air (d) warmth
- 33.🌱 Is salt needed for a seed to sprout? (a) needed to sprout (b) not needed to sprout
- 34.🌱 Will these sprout: seeds on wet cotton? (a) does not sprout (b) sprouts
- 35.🧺 Which of these is not needed for sprouting seeds? (a) moong seeds (b) a battery cell (c) cotton wool (d) a small bowl
- 36.🧺 Do we need yeast for sprouting seeds? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 37.🌱 Which of these sprouts in a few days? (a) seeds in the freezer (b) seeds on dry cotton (c) seeds on wet cotton (d) boiled seeds
- 38.🌱 Is water needed for a seed to sprout? (a) not needed to sprout (b) needed to sprout
- 39.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: the kind of seeds is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🌱 Is air needed for a seed to sprout? (a) not needed to sprout (b) needed to sprout
Answer key
- True
- they do not sprout
- not needed
- air
- True
- needed
- water
- water
- germination
- False
- a magnet
- False
- needed to sprout
- True
- False
- not needed
- False
- sunlight
- pale yellow
- warmth
- False
- True
- a tiny root
- does not sprout
- does not sprout
- soil
- seeds in the freezer
- a balloon
- food stored in the seed
- True
- we keep it the same
- soil
- not needed to sprout
- sprouts
- a battery cell
- not needed
- seeds on wet cotton
- needed to sprout
- True
- needed to sprout
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