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