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