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