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.🌱 Which of these does not sprout? (a) wet seeds by a window (b) seeds on wet cotton (c) wet seeds in the dark (d) seeds in the freezer
- 3.🔮 Predict: sprouts grow in the dark for a week. What colour are their leaves? (a) blue (b) bright red (c) dark green (d) pale yellow
- 4.🌱 Which of these is needed for a seed to sprout? (a) soil (b) warmth (c) salt (d) sugar
- 5.🧺 Do we need cotton wool for sprouting seeds? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 6.True or false: yeast is needed for sprouting seeds. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) yeast (b) a few days (c) cotton wool (d) moong seeds
- 8.🌱 Will these sprout: wet seeds in the dark? (a) sprouts (b) does not sprout
- 9.🛟 What should you do after touching soil or seeds? (a) skip washing (b) lick your fingers (c) rub your eyes (d) wash your hands
- 10.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for sprouting seeds? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 11.🌱 Is soil needed for a seed to sprout? (a) not needed to sprout (b) needed to sprout
- 12.True or false: wet seeds by a window sprouts in a few days. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sunlight (b) water (c) soil (d) salt
- 14.🧺 Which of these is needed for sprouting seeds? (a) moong seeds (b) yeast (c) a battery cell (d) a mirror
- 15.🧺 Do we need a few days for sprouting seeds? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 16.🌱 Will these sprout: wet seeds by a window? (a) does not sprout (b) sprouts
- 17.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? What do we do with “wet or dry cotton”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
- 18.🌱 Is water needed for a seed to sprout? (a) not needed to sprout (b) needed to sprout
- 19.📘 What do we call a seed starting to grow? (a) condensation (b) pollination (c) germination (d) evaporation
- 20.True or false: a few days is not needed for sprouting seeds. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🧺 Which of these is needed for sprouting seeds? (a) a battery cell (b) yeast (c) a mirror (d) water
- 22.🌱 Will these sprout: boiled seeds? (a) does not sprout (b) sprouts
- 23.⚖️ 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
- 24.🧺 Do we need a small bowl for sprouting seeds? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 25.🧺 Do we need moong seeds for sprouting seeds? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 26.⚖️ 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 kind of seeds
- 27.🌱 Is warmth needed for a seed to sprout? (a) not needed to sprout (b) needed to sprout
- 28.🌱 Seeds need water, air and ___ to sprout. (a) warmth (b) soil (c) sugar (d) salt
- 29.True or false: seeds on dry cotton sprouts in a few days. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🛟 Some seeds from shops are coated with chemicals. What is the safe rule? (a) throw them at friends (b) feed them to pets (c) never put seeds in mouth (d) eat a few to check
- 31.True or false: a small bowl is needed for sprouting seeds. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🌱 Which of these sprouts in a few days? (a) seeds on dry cotton (b) seeds in the freezer (c) wet seeds by a window (d) boiled seeds
- 33.True or false: soil is needed for a seed to sprout. (a) False (b) True
- 34.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: wet or dry cotton is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🧺 Which of these is not needed for sprouting seeds? (a) moong seeds (b) a small bowl (c) a magnet (d) cotton wool
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) warmth (b) air (c) water (d) soil
- 37.🌱 Which of these does not sprout? (a) wet seeds by a window (b) seeds on dry cotton (c) seeds on wet cotton (d) wet seeds in the dark
- 38.🧺 Which of these is needed for sprouting seeds? (a) a mirror (b) a magnet (c) cotton wool (d) a balloon
- 39.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a small bowl (b) a magnet (c) moong seeds (d) cotton wool
- 40.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? What do we do with “the number of seeds”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
Answer key
- not needed to sprout
- seeds in the freezer
- pale yellow
- warmth
- needed
- False
- yeast
- sprouts
- wash your hands
- not needed
- not needed to sprout
- True
- water
- moong seeds
- needed
- sprouts
- we change it
- needed to sprout
- germination
- False
- water
- does not sprout
- we keep it the same
- needed
- needed
- the kind of seeds
- needed to sprout
- warmth
- False
- never put seeds in mouth
- True
- wet seeds by a window
- False
- True
- a magnet
- soil
- seeds on dry cotton
- cotton wool
- a magnet
- we keep it the same
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