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