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.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? What do we do with “the same bowls”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) water (b) air (c) salt (d) warmth
- 3.🌱 Is warmth needed for a seed to sprout? (a) not needed to sprout (b) needed to sprout
- 4.🧺 Do we need moong seeds for sprouting seeds? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 5.🧺 Do we need a small bowl for sprouting seeds? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sugar (b) water (c) warmth (d) air
- 7.⚖️ 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
- 8.🌱 Which of these is needed for a seed to sprout? (a) salt (b) water (c) sugar (d) sunlight
- 9.🌱 Will these sprout: wet seeds in the dark? (a) sprouts (b) does not sprout
- 10.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) water (b) moong seeds (c) a mirror (d) cotton wool
- 11.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the same place (b) the same bowls (c) how many seeds sprout (d) wet or dry cotton
- 12.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? What do we do with “wet or dry cotton”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
- 13.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) moong seeds (b) a few days (c) turmeric powder (d) a small bowl
- 14.🧺 Do we need cotton wool for sprouting seeds? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 15.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cotton wool (b) a magnet (c) moong seeds (d) a small bowl
- 16.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? What do we do with “the number of seeds”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
- 17.🧺 Which of these is needed for sprouting seeds? (a) a magnet (b) a balloon (c) turmeric powder (d) cotton wool
- 18.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: the same place is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 19.True or false: yeast is not needed for sprouting seeds. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🌱 Will these sprout: boiled seeds? (a) sprouts (b) does not sprout
- 21.True or false: air is not needed for a seed to sprout. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🌱 Will these sprout: seeds on dry cotton? (a) sprouts (b) does not sprout
- 23.🧺 Which of these is not needed for sprouting seeds? (a) moong seeds (b) water (c) a balloon (d) a small bowl
- 24.🌱 Is salt needed for a seed to sprout? (a) needed to sprout (b) not needed to sprout
- 25.🧺 Which of these is not needed for sprouting seeds? (a) a small bowl (b) moong seeds (c) water (d) turmeric powder
- 26.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) moong seeds (b) water (c) cotton wool (d) yeast
- 27.🌱 Which of these does not sprout? (a) seeds in the freezer (b) wet seeds by a window (c) wet seeds in the dark (d) seeds on wet cotton
- 28.True or false: boiled seeds does not sprout. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sunlight (b) sugar (c) water (d) salt
- 30.🛟 What should you do after touching soil or seeds? (a) wash your hands (b) rub your eyes (c) lick your fingers (d) skip washing
- 31.🌱 Is air needed for a seed to sprout? (a) not needed to sprout (b) needed to sprout
- 32.🌱 Where does a sprouting seed get its first food from? (a) food stored in the seed (b) the air (c) the cotton wool (d) the sunlight only
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) salt (b) warmth (c) soil (d) sugar
- 34.🌱 Which of these is needed for a seed to sprout? (a) warmth (b) sunlight (c) sugar (d) salt
- 35.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the kind of seeds (b) how many seeds sprout (c) wet or dry cotton (d) the same bowls
- 36.True or false: seeds on dry cotton does not sprout. (a) True (b) False
- 37.True or false: a mirror is not needed for sprouting seeds. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🧺 Do we need a few days for sprouting seeds? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 39.🌱 Which of these does not sprout? (a) wet seeds by a window (b) wet seeds in the dark (c) seeds on wet cotton (d) seeds on dry cotton
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) air (b) sugar (c) salt (d) soil
Answer key
- we keep it the same
- salt
- needed to sprout
- needed
- needed
- sugar
- False
- water
- sprouts
- a mirror
- how many seeds sprout
- we change it
- turmeric powder
- needed
- a magnet
- we keep it the same
- cotton wool
- True
- True
- does not sprout
- False
- does not sprout
- a balloon
- not needed to sprout
- turmeric powder
- yeast
- seeds in the freezer
- True
- water
- wash your hands
- needed to sprout
- food stored in the seed
- warmth
- warmth
- wet or dry cotton
- True
- True
- needed
- seeds on dry cotton
- air
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