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