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