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