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