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: a few days is not needed for sprouting seeds. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🧺 Do we need a few days for sprouting seeds? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 3.🌱 Which of these does not sprout? (a) wet seeds by a window (b) wet seeds in the dark (c) boiled seeds (d) seeds on wet cotton
- 4.🧺 Which of these is not needed for sprouting seeds? (a) a few days (b) cotton wool (c) a battery cell (d) moong seeds
- 5.True or false: seeds on wet cotton sprouts in a few days. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🧺 Do we need a mirror for sprouting seeds? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 7.True or false: turmeric powder is needed for sprouting seeds. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🌱 Which of these is needed for a seed to sprout? (a) sunlight (b) air (c) soil (d) sugar
- 9.🌱 Seeds need water, air and ___ to sprout. (a) soil (b) sugar (c) warmth (d) salt
- 10.🧺 Do we need moong seeds for sprouting seeds? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 11.🌱 Will these sprout: wet seeds by a window? (a) sprouts (b) does not sprout
- 12.🛟 What should you do after touching soil or seeds? (a) wash your hands (b) skip washing (c) rub your eyes (d) lick your fingers
- 13.🌱 Is salt needed for a seed to sprout? (a) needed to sprout (b) not needed to sprout
- 14.🔮 Predict: seeds on wet cotton are kept in a dark cupboard. Will they sprout? (a) no, never (b) yes, they sprout (c) they melt (d) they turn to stones
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) water (b) salt (c) air (d) warmth
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) soil (b) salt (c) warmth (d) sugar
- 17.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the number of seeds (b) the same bowls (c) the same place (d) wet or dry cotton
- 18.⚖️ 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
- 19.True or false: a balloon is not needed for sprouting seeds. (a) True (b) False
- 20.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the number of seeds (b) the same place (c) how many seeds sprout (d) the kind of seeds
- 21.🌱 Which of these is needed for a seed to sprout? (a) sunlight (b) water (c) salt (d) sugar
- 22.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for sprouting seeds? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 23.🌱 Will these sprout: seeds in the freezer? (a) does not sprout (b) sprouts
- 24.🌱 Is warmth needed for a seed to sprout? (a) not needed to sprout (b) needed to sprout
- 25.🔮 Predict: seeds on wet cotton are kept in the freezer. What happens? (a) they do not sprout (b) they grow fruit (c) they glow (d) they sprout faster
- 26.📘 What do we call a seed starting to grow? (a) germination (b) pollination (c) evaporation (d) condensation
- 27.🌱 Is sunlight needed for a seed to sprout? (a) not needed to sprout (b) needed to sprout
- 28.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: the number of seeds is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
- 29.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: how many seeds sprout is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🌱 Is soil needed for a seed to sprout? (a) not needed to sprout (b) needed to sprout
- 31.🧺 Which of these is not needed for sprouting seeds? (a) a small bowl (b) water (c) moong seeds (d) turmeric powder
- 32.🌱 Will these sprout: wet seeds in the dark? (a) does not sprout (b) sprouts
- 33.🧺 Which of these is needed for sprouting seeds? (a) a few days (b) a mirror (c) a magnet (d) a battery cell
- 34.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? What do we do with “the same bowls”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
- 35.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? What do we do with “the kind of seeds”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
- 36.True or false: a mirror is needed for sprouting seeds. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🌱 Which of these is not needed for a seed to sprout? (a) air (b) warmth (c) water (d) soil
- 38.🌱 Will these sprout: seeds on wet cotton? (a) does not sprout (b) sprouts
- 39.🌱 Which of these sprouts in a few days? (a) seeds in the freezer (b) seeds on wet cotton (c) seeds on dry cotton (d) boiled seeds
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) air (b) sugar (c) soil (d) sunlight
Answer key
- False
- needed
- boiled seeds
- a battery cell
- True
- not needed
- False
- air
- warmth
- needed
- sprouts
- wash your hands
- not needed to sprout
- yes, they sprout
- salt
- warmth
- wet or dry cotton
- we keep it the same
- True
- how many seeds sprout
- water
- not needed
- does not sprout
- needed to sprout
- they do not sprout
- germination
- not needed to sprout
- False
- True
- not needed to sprout
- turmeric powder
- sprouts
- a few days
- we keep it the same
- we keep it the same
- False
- soil
- sprouts
- seeds on wet cotton
- air
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