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 of these is not needed for sprouting seeds? (a) a small bowl (b) cotton wool (c) a few days (d) yeast
- 2.⚖️ 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 same bowls
- 3.🌱 Which of these sprouts in a few days? (a) seeds on dry cotton (b) wet seeds by a window (c) boiled seeds (d) seeds in the freezer
- 4.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for sprouting seeds? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 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) no, never (d) they melt
- 6.🧺 Which of these is not needed for sprouting seeds? (a) a small bowl (b) cotton wool (c) water (d) a balloon
- 7.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) water (b) cotton wool (c) a few days (d) turmeric powder
- 8.True or false: a small bowl is needed for sprouting seeds. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🧺 Do we need a few days for sprouting seeds? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 10.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a few days (b) moong seeds (c) a balloon (d) water
- 11.📘 What do we call a seed starting to grow? (a) pollination (b) germination (c) condensation (d) evaporation
- 12.🌱 Will these sprout: seeds in the freezer? (a) does not sprout (b) sprouts
- 13.True or false: warmth is not needed for a seed to sprout. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🌱 Where does a sprouting seed get its first food from? (a) food stored in the seed (b) the cotton wool (c) the air (d) the sunlight only
- 15.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? Which of these is what we measure? (a) how many seeds sprout (b) the kind of seeds (c) the same bowls (d) the number of seeds
- 16.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) water (b) a mirror (c) cotton wool (d) moong seeds
- 17.⚖️ 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
- 18.🌱 Seeds need water, air and ___ to sprout. (a) salt (b) sugar (c) soil (d) warmth
- 19.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? What do we do with “how many seeds sprout”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
- 20.⚖️ 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 number of seeds
- 21.True or false: water is needed for a seed to sprout. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🌱 Which of these is needed for a seed to sprout? (a) soil (b) salt (c) sugar (d) warmth
- 23.True or false: water is not needed for sprouting seeds. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🌱 Which of these does not sprout? (a) boiled seeds (b) seeds on wet cotton (c) wet seeds by a window (d) wet seeds in the dark
- 25.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: the number of seeds is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
- 26.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: the kind of seeds is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a small bowl (b) a battery cell (c) moong seeds (d) water
- 28.True or false: a few days is not needed for sprouting seeds. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🧺 Which of these is needed for sprouting seeds? (a) moong seeds (b) a magnet (c) a mirror (d) a battery cell
- 30.⚖️ 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
- 31.🌱 Which of these does not sprout? (a) seeds in the freezer (b) wet seeds in the dark (c) wet seeds by a window (d) seeds on wet cotton
- 32.🌱 What comes out of a moong seed first when it sprouts? (a) a thorn (b) a tiny root (c) a flower (d) a fruit
- 33.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: the number of seeds is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🧺 Do we need water for sprouting seeds? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 35.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? What do we do with “the same bowls”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
- 36.🧺 Which of these is not needed for sprouting seeds? (a) moong seeds (b) a battery cell (c) cotton wool (d) a small bowl
- 37.True or false: a balloon is needed for sprouting seeds. (a) False (b) True
- 38.True or false: a balloon is not needed for sprouting seeds. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sunlight (b) warmth (c) air (d) water
- 40.🌱 Will these sprout: seeds on wet cotton? (a) does not sprout (b) sprouts
Answer key
- yeast
- the same bowls
- wet seeds by a window
- not needed
- yes, they sprout
- a balloon
- turmeric powder
- True
- needed
- a balloon
- germination
- does not sprout
- False
- food stored in the seed
- how many seeds sprout
- a mirror
- the kind of seeds
- warmth
- we measure it
- the number of seeds
- True
- warmth
- False
- boiled seeds
- False
- False
- a battery cell
- False
- moong seeds
- we change it
- seeds in the freezer
- a tiny root
- True
- needed
- we keep it the same
- a battery cell
- False
- True
- sunlight
- sprouts
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