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