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