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