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.🧺 Which of these is not needed for sprouting seeds? (a) moong seeds (b) a small bowl (c) a mirror (d) water
- 2.⚖️ 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
- 3.🌱 Will these sprout: seeds on wet cotton? (a) does not sprout (b) sprouts
- 4.🌱 Is water needed for a seed to sprout? (a) needed to sprout (b) not needed to sprout
- 5.🧺 Which of these is not needed for sprouting seeds? (a) water (b) a few days (c) moong seeds (d) yeast
- 6.True or false: a battery cell is not needed for sprouting seeds. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🔮 Predict: sprouts grow in the dark for a week. What colour are their leaves? (a) bright red (b) dark green (c) pale yellow (d) blue
- 8.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) moong seeds (b) a mirror (c) a few days (d) cotton wool
- 9.True or false: moong seeds is not needed for sprouting seeds. (a) False (b) True
- 10.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: the number of seeds is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🧺 Which of these is needed for sprouting seeds? (a) yeast (b) a balloon (c) a battery cell (d) cotton wool
- 12.🌱 Is warmth needed for a seed to sprout? (a) not needed to sprout (b) needed to sprout
- 13.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? Which of these is kept the same? (a) wet or dry cotton (b) the same bowls (c) how many seeds sprout
- 14.True or false: turmeric powder is needed for sprouting seeds. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) water (b) air (c) warmth (d) sunlight
- 16.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for sprouting seeds. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🌱 Is sunlight needed for a seed to sprout? (a) needed to sprout (b) not needed to sprout
- 18.🌱 Which of these sprouts in a few days? (a) seeds on wet cotton (b) seeds on dry cotton (c) seeds in the freezer (d) boiled seeds
- 19.🌱 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
- 20.🧺 Do we need a balloon for sprouting seeds? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 21.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: the same bowls is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🧺 Do we need a small bowl for sprouting seeds? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 23.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? Which of these is what we measure? (a) how many seeds sprout (b) the kind of seeds (c) the number of seeds (d) the same bowls
- 24.True or false: air is needed for a seed to sprout. (a) True (b) False
- 25.True or false: wet seeds by a window does not sprout. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🌱 Will these sprout: boiled seeds? (a) does not sprout (b) sprouts
- 27.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a battery cell (b) water (c) cotton wool (d) a few days
- 28.⚖️ 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
- 29.🌱 Which of these is needed for a seed to sprout? (a) water (b) soil (c) salt (d) sugar
- 30.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) how many seeds sprout (b) wet or dry cotton (c) the number of seeds (d) the kind of seeds
- 31.🌱 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
- 32.True or false: wet seeds in the dark does not sprout. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) moong seeds (b) a small bowl (c) cotton wool (d) turmeric powder
- 34.📘 What do we call a seed starting to grow? (a) pollination (b) condensation (c) evaporation (d) germination
- 35.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: wet or dry cotton is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 36.True or false: wet seeds by a window sprouts in a few days. (a) True (b) False
- 37.⚖️ 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
- 38.True or false: water is not needed for a seed to sprout. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🧺 Do we need a mirror for sprouting seeds? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 40.⚖️ 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
Answer key
- a mirror
- we keep it the same
- sprouts
- needed to sprout
- yeast
- True
- pale yellow
- a mirror
- False
- True
- cotton wool
- needed to sprout
- the same bowls
- False
- sunlight
- True
- not needed to sprout
- seeds on wet cotton
- wet seeds by a window
- not needed
- True
- needed
- how many seeds sprout
- True
- False
- does not sprout
- a battery cell
- we change it
- water
- wet or dry cotton
- seeds on dry cotton
- False
- turmeric powder
- germination
- True
- True
- we keep it the same
- False
- not needed
- we keep it the same
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