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