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