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.🔮 Predict: seeds on wet cotton are kept in a dark cupboard. Will they sprout? (a) they melt (b) no, never (c) they turn to stones (d) yes, they sprout
- 2.🧺 Which of these is not needed for sprouting seeds? (a) moong seeds (b) a balloon (c) cotton wool (d) a few days
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) soil (b) sugar (c) salt (d) water
- 4.🛟 Some seeds from shops are coated with chemicals. What is the safe rule? (a) eat a few to check (b) never put seeds in mouth (c) throw them at friends (d) feed them to pets
- 5.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a magnet (b) a small bowl (c) cotton wool (d) a few days
- 6.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the same bowls (b) how many seeds sprout (c) wet or dry cotton (d) the same place
- 7.⚖️ 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
- 8.🌱 Will these sprout: seeds on dry cotton? (a) sprouts (b) does not sprout
- 9.🧺 Which of these is needed for sprouting seeds? (a) a magnet (b) a mirror (c) yeast (d) a few days
- 10.🌱 Which of these does not sprout? (a) boiled seeds (b) wet seeds in the dark (c) seeds on wet cotton (d) wet seeds by a window
- 11.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: wet or dry cotton is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🌱 Why do the seeds on dry cotton not sprout? (a) they have no soil (b) they have no salt (c) they are too wet (d) they have no water
- 13.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) moong seeds (b) a few days (c) a battery cell (d) a small bowl
- 14.🧺 Which of these is not needed for sprouting seeds? (a) water (b) a small bowl (c) a magnet (d) cotton wool
- 15.🌱 Will these sprout: wet seeds in the dark? (a) does not sprout (b) sprouts
- 16.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for sprouting seeds? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 17.🧺 Do we need a mirror for sprouting seeds? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 18.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for sprouting seeds. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🌱 Is air needed for a seed to sprout? (a) not needed to sprout (b) needed to sprout
- 20.🔮 Predict: sprouts grow in the dark for a week. What colour are their leaves? (a) bright red (b) pale yellow (c) blue (d) dark green
- 21.🌱 Is water needed for a seed to sprout? (a) needed to sprout (b) not needed to sprout
- 22.True or false: cotton wool is not needed for sprouting seeds. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🧺 Which of these is needed for sprouting seeds? (a) a mirror (b) water (c) a battery cell (d) a magnet
- 24.True or false: a small bowl is not needed for sprouting seeds. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) water (b) a small bowl (c) a few days (d) a balloon
- 26.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? What do we do with “the same bowls”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
- 27.True or false: water is needed for a seed to sprout. (a) False (b) True
- 28.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the kind of seeds (b) wet or dry cotton (c) how many seeds sprout
- 29.🧺 Do we need yeast for sprouting seeds? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 30.True or false: wet seeds by a window sprouts in a few days. (a) False (b) True
- 31.True or false: yeast is not needed for sprouting seeds. (a) True (b) False
- 32.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the same place (b) the same bowls (c) the kind of seeds (d) how many seeds sprout
- 33.True or false: seeds on wet cotton sprouts in a few days. (a) True (b) False
- 34.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: how many seeds sprout is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
- 35.True or false: wet seeds in the dark does not sprout. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) warmth (b) water (c) air (d) soil
- 37.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: the number of seeds is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
- 38.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: the same bowls is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) soil (b) salt (c) air (d) sunlight
- 40.🌱 Which of these is needed for a seed to sprout? (a) soil (b) sugar (c) salt (d) warmth
Answer key
- yes, they sprout
- a balloon
- water
- never put seeds in mouth
- a magnet
- wet or dry cotton
- we keep it the same
- does not sprout
- a few days
- boiled seeds
- False
- they have no water
- a battery cell
- a magnet
- sprouts
- not needed
- not needed
- True
- needed to sprout
- pale yellow
- needed to sprout
- False
- water
- False
- a balloon
- we keep it the same
- True
- the kind of seeds
- not needed
- True
- True
- how many seeds sprout
- True
- True
- False
- soil
- False
- False
- air
- warmth
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