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