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