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