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.True or false: salt is not needed for a seed to sprout. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a battery cell (b) cotton wool (c) a small bowl (d) moong seeds
- 3.🧺 Which of these is not needed for sprouting seeds? (a) cotton wool (b) yeast (c) moong seeds (d) a few days
- 4.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for sprouting seeds. (a) True (b) False
- 5.True or false: wet seeds in the dark does not sprout. (a) True (b) False
- 6.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the same bowls (b) wet or dry cotton (c) how many seeds sprout
- 7.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a mirror (b) a few days (c) cotton wool (d) water
- 8.True or false: moong seeds is needed for sprouting seeds. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cotton wool (b) turmeric powder (c) a few days (d) a small bowl
- 10.🌱 Is warmth needed for a seed to sprout? (a) not needed to sprout (b) needed to sprout
- 11.📘 What do we call a seed starting to grow? (a) pollination (b) germination (c) condensation (d) evaporation
- 12.🔮 Predict: seeds on wet cotton are kept in a dark cupboard. Will they sprout? (a) they melt (b) no, never (c) they turn to stones (d) yes, they sprout
- 13.🌱 Which of these is needed for a seed to sprout? (a) water (b) sugar (c) sunlight (d) salt
- 14.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: wet or dry cotton is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
- 15.True or false: yeast is not needed for sprouting seeds. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🌱 Is soil needed for a seed to sprout? (a) not needed to sprout (b) needed to sprout
- 17.True or false: a magnet is needed for sprouting seeds. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🌱 Which of these is not needed for a seed to sprout? (a) water (b) air (c) sugar (d) warmth
- 19.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a few days (b) a small bowl (c) yeast (d) moong seeds
- 20.True or false: wet seeds in the dark sprouts in a few days. (a) False (b) True
- 21.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: the kind of seeds is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🧺 Which of these is not needed for sprouting seeds? (a) a few days (b) cotton wool (c) turmeric powder (d) water
- 23.True or false: water is needed for a seed to sprout. (a) True (b) False
- 24.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? What do we do with “the kind of seeds”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
- 25.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? What do we do with “the number of seeds”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
- 26.🧺 Which of these is not needed for sprouting seeds? (a) water (b) moong seeds (c) a battery cell (d) a few days
- 27.True or false: cotton wool is needed for sprouting seeds. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🌱 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
- 29.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? What do we do with “the same bowls”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
- 30.True or false: warmth is needed for a seed to sprout. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🧺 Do we need a small bowl for sprouting seeds? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 32.🌱 Is air needed for a seed to sprout? (a) not needed to sprout (b) needed to sprout
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) warmth (b) air (c) water (d) salt
- 34.True or false: water is not needed for a seed to sprout. (a) True (b) False
- 35.True or false: seeds on wet cotton does not sprout. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🌱 Which of these is needed for a seed to sprout? (a) sugar (b) air (c) soil (d) salt
- 37.🌱 Is sunlight needed for a seed to sprout? (a) not needed to sprout (b) needed to sprout
- 38.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) moong seeds (b) a few days (c) water (d) a balloon
- 39.⚖️ 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
- 40.🌱 Is sugar needed for a seed to sprout? (a) needed to sprout (b) not needed to sprout
Answer key
- True
- a battery cell
- yeast
- True
- False
- the same bowls
- a mirror
- True
- turmeric powder
- needed to sprout
- germination
- yes, they sprout
- water
- False
- True
- not needed to sprout
- False
- sugar
- yeast
- True
- False
- turmeric powder
- True
- we keep it the same
- we keep it the same
- a battery cell
- True
- food stored in the seed
- we keep it the same
- True
- needed
- needed to sprout
- salt
- False
- False
- air
- not needed to sprout
- a balloon
- False
- not needed to sprout
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