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