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.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for sprouting seeds? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 2.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cotton wool (b) a few days (c) a small bowl (d) a battery cell
- 3.🌱 Will these sprout: wet seeds in the dark? (a) does not sprout (b) sprouts
- 4.True or false: a few days is not needed for sprouting seeds. (a) True (b) False
- 5.⚖️ 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
- 6.True or false: seeds in the freezer does not sprout. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🌱 Why do the seeds on dry cotton not sprout? (a) they are too wet (b) they have no water (c) they have no soil (d) they have no salt
- 8.🌱 What comes out of a moong seed first when it sprouts? (a) a thorn (b) a fruit (c) a tiny root (d) a flower
- 9.🔮 Predict: seeds on wet cotton are kept in the freezer. What happens? (a) they glow (b) they sprout faster (c) they do not sprout (d) they grow fruit
- 10.True or false: seeds on dry cotton does not sprout. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) soil (b) salt (c) sunlight (d) air
- 12.True or false: water is needed for sprouting seeds. (a) False (b) True
- 13.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? What do we do with “the number of seeds”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
- 14.🔮 Predict: seeds on wet cotton are kept in a dark cupboard. Will they sprout? (a) they melt (b) yes, they sprout (c) they turn to stones (d) no, never
- 15.🌱 Will these sprout: wet seeds by a window? (a) does not sprout (b) sprouts
- 16.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? What do we do with “the same bowls”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
- 17.🧺 Do we need a small bowl for sprouting seeds? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 18.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? What do we do with “wet or dry cotton”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
- 19.🌱 Will these sprout: seeds on wet cotton? (a) does not sprout (b) sprouts
- 20.🌱 Is water needed for a seed to sprout? (a) not needed to sprout (b) needed to sprout
- 21.🌱 Which of these sprouts in a few days? (a) boiled seeds (b) seeds in the freezer (c) seeds on wet cotton (d) seeds on dry cotton
- 22.🌱 Seeds need water, air and ___ to sprout. (a) sugar (b) salt (c) soil (d) warmth
- 23.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the number of seeds (b) the kind of seeds (c) the same place (d) wet or dry cotton
- 24.🔮 Predict: sprouts grow in the dark for a week. What colour are their leaves? (a) dark green (b) blue (c) pale yellow (d) bright red
- 25.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: wet or dry cotton is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 26.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: how many seeds sprout is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🌱 Will these sprout: boiled seeds? (a) does not sprout (b) sprouts
- 28.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) water (b) a small bowl (c) moong seeds (d) a balloon
- 29.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? What do we do with “the kind of seeds”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
- 30.🧺 Do we need a mirror for sprouting seeds? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 31.🧺 Which of these is needed for sprouting seeds? (a) a balloon (b) a magnet (c) water (d) a mirror
- 32.🧺 Which of these is not needed for sprouting seeds? (a) water (b) a small bowl (c) moong seeds (d) a magnet
- 33.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: the number of seeds is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
- 34.True or false: sunlight is not needed for a seed to sprout. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🌱 Where does a sprouting seed get its first food from? (a) food stored in the seed (b) the cotton wool (c) the air (d) the sunlight only
- 36.🧺 Which of these is needed for sprouting seeds? (a) a mirror (b) a balloon (c) a few days (d) a magnet
- 37.True or false: seeds on wet cotton sprouts in a few days. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sugar (b) salt (c) soil (d) warmth
- 39.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cotton wool (b) moong seeds (c) a magnet (d) a few days
- 40.True or false: yeast is needed for sprouting seeds. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- not needed
- a battery cell
- sprouts
- False
- we keep it the same
- True
- they have no water
- a tiny root
- they do not sprout
- True
- air
- True
- we keep it the same
- yes, they sprout
- sprouts
- we keep it the same
- needed
- we change it
- sprouts
- needed to sprout
- seeds on wet cotton
- warmth
- wet or dry cotton
- pale yellow
- False
- False
- does not sprout
- a balloon
- we keep it the same
- not needed
- water
- a magnet
- False
- True
- food stored in the seed
- a few days
- True
- warmth
- a magnet
- False
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