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