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.🧺 Which of these is needed for sprouting seeds? (a) a mirror (b) a balloon (c) cotton wool (d) turmeric powder
- 2.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the kind of seeds (b) the same bowls (c) the same place (d) wet or dry cotton
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) air (b) water (c) warmth (d) sunlight
- 4.🌱 Which of these sprouts in a few days? (a) boiled seeds (b) seeds on dry cotton (c) seeds in the freezer (d) seeds on wet cotton
- 5.🌱 Which of these does not sprout? (a) seeds in the freezer (b) wet seeds by a window (c) wet seeds in the dark (d) seeds on wet cotton
- 6.🧺 Do we need a magnet for sprouting seeds? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 7.🌱 Is soil needed for a seed to sprout? (a) needed to sprout (b) not needed to sprout
- 8.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) water (b) cotton wool (c) moong seeds (d) yeast
- 9.True or false: sunlight is needed for a seed to sprout. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) air (b) warmth (c) water (d) salt
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) salt (b) sugar (c) sunlight (d) water
- 12.🌱 Which of these is needed for a seed to sprout? (a) warmth (b) soil (c) sugar (d) sunlight
- 13.🌱 What comes out of a moong seed first when it sprouts? (a) a fruit (b) a tiny root (c) a thorn (d) a flower
- 14.🌱 Why do the seeds on dry cotton not sprout? (a) they have no water (b) they have no soil (c) they have no salt (d) they are too wet
- 15.🌱 Which of these is needed for a seed to sprout? (a) soil (b) sugar (c) sunlight (d) water
- 16.🌱 Which of these is not needed for a seed to sprout? (a) air (b) water (c) soil (d) warmth
- 17.True or false: turmeric powder is needed for sprouting seeds. (a) False (b) True
- 18.True or false: sugar is not needed for a seed to sprout. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🧺 Do we need a balloon for sprouting seeds? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 20.🌱 Is warmth needed for a seed to sprout? (a) not needed to sprout (b) needed to sprout
- 21.🌱 Which of these sprouts in a few days? (a) seeds on dry cotton (b) seeds in the freezer (c) boiled seeds (d) wet seeds in the dark
- 22.🔮 Predict: seeds on wet cotton are kept in a dark cupboard. Will they sprout? (a) they melt (b) yes, they sprout (c) no, never (d) they turn to stones
- 23.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) water (b) a few days (c) a mirror (d) a small bowl
- 24.🧺 Which of these is not needed for sprouting seeds? (a) water (b) a small bowl (c) a few days (d) yeast
- 25.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a few days (b) moong seeds (c) turmeric powder (d) a small bowl
- 26.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: how many seeds sprout is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 27.True or false: wet seeds in the dark does not sprout. (a) True (b) False
- 28.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? What do we do with “the same bowls”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
- 29.🌱 Is sugar needed for a seed to sprout? (a) needed to sprout (b) not needed to sprout
- 30.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? What do we do with “the number of seeds”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
- 31.True or false: yeast is not needed for sprouting seeds. (a) True (b) False
- 32.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: how many seeds sprout is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 33.True or false: a small bowl is needed for sprouting seeds. (a) True (b) False
- 34.True or false: soil is not needed for a seed to sprout. (a) False (b) True
- 35.True or false: water is not needed for sprouting seeds. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🌱 Will these sprout: seeds on wet cotton? (a) sprouts (b) does not sprout
- 37.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) moong seeds (b) cotton wool (c) a small bowl (d) a balloon
- 38.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: the kind of seeds is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🌱 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
- 40.🧺 Do we need yeast for sprouting seeds? (a) not needed (b) needed
Answer key
- cotton wool
- wet or dry cotton
- sunlight
- seeds on wet cotton
- seeds in the freezer
- not needed
- not needed to sprout
- yeast
- False
- salt
- water
- warmth
- a tiny root
- they have no water
- water
- soil
- False
- True
- not needed
- needed to sprout
- wet seeds in the dark
- yes, they sprout
- a mirror
- yeast
- turmeric powder
- False
- False
- we keep it the same
- not needed to sprout
- we keep it the same
- True
- False
- True
- True
- False
- sprouts
- a balloon
- False
- seeds on dry cotton
- not needed
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