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