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: seeds in the freezer sprouts in a few days. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🔮 Predict: sprouts grow in the dark for a week. What colour are their leaves? (a) dark green (b) blue (c) bright red (d) pale yellow
- 3.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cotton wool (b) a small bowl (c) moong seeds (d) a balloon
- 4.⚖️ 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
- 5.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a small bowl (b) a magnet (c) cotton wool (d) water
- 6.🧺 Do we need moong seeds for sprouting seeds? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 7.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? What do we do with “the kind of seeds”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
- 8.🌱 Which of these does not sprout? (a) wet seeds by a window (b) wet seeds in the dark (c) seeds in the freezer (d) seeds on wet cotton
- 9.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: wet or dry cotton is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🧺 Do we need a small bowl for sprouting seeds? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 11.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? Which of these is what we measure? (a) wet or dry cotton (b) the same place (c) the number of seeds (d) how many seeds sprout
- 12.True or false: a small bowl is needed for sprouting seeds. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🌱 Is sugar needed for a seed to sprout? (a) not needed to sprout (b) needed to sprout
- 14.🌱 Which of these is needed for a seed to sprout? (a) air (b) sunlight (c) salt (d) sugar
- 15.True or false: seeds on wet cotton sprouts in a few days. (a) False (b) True
- 16.🌱 Will these sprout: seeds in the freezer? (a) sprouts (b) does not sprout
- 17.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: the same bowls is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🌱 Will these sprout: seeds on wet cotton? (a) sprouts (b) does not sprout
- 19.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? What do we do with “how many seeds sprout”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
- 20.🌱 Which of these is not needed for a seed to sprout? (a) air (b) water (c) warmth (d) sunlight
- 21.🌱 Is soil needed for a seed to sprout? (a) not needed to sprout (b) needed to sprout
- 22.True or false: soil is needed for a seed to sprout. (a) False (b) True
- 23.⚖️ 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
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sugar (b) sunlight (c) water (d) soil
- 25.🌱 Which of these is not needed for a seed to sprout? (a) warmth (b) salt (c) water (d) air
- 26.🌱 Why do the seeds on dry cotton not sprout? (a) they are too wet (b) they have no soil (c) they have no water (d) they have no salt
- 27.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? What do we do with “wet or dry cotton”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
- 28.🌱 Is salt needed for a seed to sprout? (a) needed to sprout (b) not needed to sprout
- 29.🌱 Which of these sprouts in a few days? (a) seeds in the freezer (b) wet seeds by a window (c) seeds on dry cotton (d) boiled seeds
- 30.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a few days (b) a battery cell (c) cotton wool (d) moong seeds
- 31.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? What do we do with “the same place”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
- 32.🌱 Will these sprout: wet seeds by a window? (a) does not sprout (b) sprouts
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) warmth (b) water (c) air (d) soil
- 34.⚖️ 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
- 35.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for sprouting seeds. (a) False (b) True
- 36.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: the same place is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
- 37.True or false: moong seeds is not needed for sprouting seeds. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🧺 Which of these is not needed for sprouting seeds? (a) a few days (b) turmeric powder (c) moong seeds (d) cotton wool
- 39.True or false: sunlight is needed for a seed to sprout. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🔮 Predict: seeds on wet cotton are kept in the freezer. What happens? (a) they grow fruit (b) they sprout faster (c) they glow (d) they do not sprout
Answer key
- False
- pale yellow
- a balloon
- True
- a magnet
- needed
- we keep it the same
- seeds in the freezer
- False
- needed
- how many seeds sprout
- True
- not needed to sprout
- air
- True
- does not sprout
- True
- sprouts
- we measure it
- sunlight
- not needed to sprout
- False
- wet or dry cotton
- water
- salt
- they have no water
- we change it
- not needed to sprout
- wet seeds by a window
- a battery cell
- we keep it the same
- sprouts
- soil
- we keep it the same
- True
- False
- False
- turmeric powder
- False
- they do not sprout
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