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.🌱 Why do the seeds on dry cotton not sprout? (a) they have no salt (b) they are too wet (c) they have no soil (d) they have no water
- 2.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: the number of seeds is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 3.📘 What do we call a seed starting to grow? (a) condensation (b) evaporation (c) pollination (d) germination
- 4.🌱 Is sugar needed for a seed to sprout? (a) not needed to sprout (b) needed to sprout
- 5.🧺 Which of these is not needed for sprouting seeds? (a) a few days (b) cotton wool (c) a balloon (d) water
- 6.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a few days (b) cotton wool (c) moong seeds (d) turmeric powder
- 7.⚖️ 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
- 8.True or false: seeds in the freezer does not sprout. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sugar (b) air (c) warmth (d) water
- 10.🧺 Do we need a small bowl for sprouting seeds? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 11.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: the same place is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🧺 Do we need a few days for sprouting seeds? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 13.🌱 Which of these is needed for a seed to sprout? (a) sunlight (b) warmth (c) salt (d) soil
- 14.🌱 Which of these is needed for a seed to sprout? (a) salt (b) water (c) sunlight (d) soil
- 15.True or false: soil is needed for a seed to sprout. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🌱 Will these sprout: wet seeds by a window? (a) sprouts (b) does not sprout
- 17.🧺 Which of these is needed for sprouting seeds? (a) cotton wool (b) yeast (c) a magnet (d) a battery cell
- 18.True or false: boiled seeds does not sprout. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🌱 Which of these sprouts in a few days? (a) seeds on dry cotton (b) seeds on wet cotton (c) boiled seeds (d) seeds in the freezer
- 20.🌱 Which of these sprouts in a few days? (a) boiled seeds (b) seeds in the freezer (c) seeds on dry cotton (d) wet seeds in the dark
- 21.True or false: a mirror is needed for sprouting seeds. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🧺 Which of these is needed for sprouting seeds? (a) a magnet (b) a mirror (c) a battery cell (d) a few days
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) warmth (b) salt (c) sunlight (d) soil
- 24.True or false: a few days is not needed for sprouting seeds. (a) True (b) False
- 25.True or false: a few days is needed for sprouting seeds. (a) True (b) False
- 26.True or false: seeds on dry cotton sprouts in a few days. (a) False (b) True
- 27.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: how many seeds sprout is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
- 28.⚖️ 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
- 29.🌱 Is warmth needed for a seed to sprout? (a) not needed to sprout (b) needed to sprout
- 30.🧺 Which of these is not needed for sprouting seeds? (a) yeast (b) a few days (c) water (d) moong seeds
- 31.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? Which of these is kept the same? (a) how many seeds sprout (b) the kind of seeds (c) wet or dry cotton
- 32.🧺 Which of these is not needed for sprouting seeds? (a) a small bowl (b) a battery cell (c) moong seeds (d) water
- 33.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for sprouting seeds? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 34.⚖️ 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 place
- 35.🌱 Seeds need water, air and ___ to sprout. (a) salt (b) sugar (c) soil (d) warmth
- 36.🌱 Is water needed for a seed to sprout? (a) not needed to sprout (b) needed to sprout
- 37.True or false: warmth is needed for a seed to sprout. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🌱 Which of these is needed for a seed to sprout? (a) sugar (b) sunlight (c) salt (d) air
- 39.True or false: soil is not needed for a seed to sprout. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🌱 Will these sprout: boiled seeds? (a) does not sprout (b) sprouts
Answer key
- they have no water
- True
- germination
- not needed to sprout
- a balloon
- turmeric powder
- we keep it the same
- True
- sugar
- needed
- False
- needed
- warmth
- water
- False
- sprouts
- cotton wool
- True
- seeds on wet cotton
- wet seeds in the dark
- False
- a few days
- warmth
- False
- True
- False
- True
- we keep it the same
- needed to sprout
- yeast
- the kind of seeds
- a battery cell
- not needed
- how many seeds sprout
- warmth
- needed to sprout
- True
- air
- True
- does not sprout
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