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