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) wash your hands (c) rub your eyes (d) lick your fingers
- 2.🌱 Which of these sprouts in a few days? (a) seeds on dry cotton (b) boiled seeds (c) seeds on wet cotton (d) seeds in the freezer
- 3.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? What do we do with “the same bowls”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
- 4.🧺 Do we need cotton wool for sprouting seeds? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 5.True or false: a balloon is needed for sprouting seeds. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🌱 What comes out of a moong seed first when it sprouts? (a) a flower (b) a fruit (c) a tiny root (d) a thorn
- 7.🧺 Which of these is needed for sprouting seeds? (a) a balloon (b) a magnet (c) yeast (d) a few days
- 8.🌱 Is warmth needed for a seed to sprout? (a) needed to sprout (b) not needed to sprout
- 9.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) water (b) cotton wool (c) a small bowl (d) yeast
- 10.🧺 Do we need moong seeds for sprouting seeds? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 11.True or false: moong seeds is needed for sprouting seeds. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🧺 Which of these is not needed for sprouting seeds? (a) water (b) a small bowl (c) a mirror (d) cotton wool
- 13.True or false: boiled seeds does not sprout. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🔮 Predict: sprouts grow in the dark for a week. What colour are their leaves? (a) pale yellow (b) dark green (c) bright red (d) blue
- 15.True or false: cotton wool is needed for sprouting seeds. (a) True (b) False
- 16.⚖️ 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
- 17.True or false: soil is needed for a seed to sprout. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🌱 Is sunlight needed for a seed to sprout? (a) needed to sprout (b) not needed to sprout
- 19.🧺 Which of these is needed for sprouting seeds? (a) a mirror (b) a battery cell (c) cotton wool (d) turmeric powder
- 20.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: the same bowls is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a few days (b) cotton wool (c) a balloon (d) moong seeds
- 22.🌱 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
- 23.📘 What do we call a seed starting to grow? (a) pollination (b) germination (c) evaporation (d) condensation
- 24.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) turmeric powder (b) a small bowl (c) a few days (d) water
- 25.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: wet or dry cotton is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 26.⚖️ 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 measure it (c) we change it
- 27.🌱 Is air needed for a seed to sprout? (a) needed to sprout (b) not needed to sprout
- 28.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cotton wool (b) a few days (c) moong seeds (d) a mirror
- 29.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? What do we do with “the kind of seeds”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
- 30.True or false: sunlight is needed for a seed to sprout. (a) True (b) False
- 31.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the same place (b) wet or dry cotton (c) how many seeds sprout
- 32.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: the kind of seeds is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) air (b) soil (c) warmth (d) water
- 34.🌱 Seeds need water, air and ___ to sprout. (a) warmth (b) sugar (c) salt (d) soil
- 35.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: the kind of seeds is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🔮 Predict: seeds on wet cotton are kept in the freezer. What happens? (a) they do not sprout (b) they glow (c) they sprout faster (d) they grow fruit
- 37.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: the number of seeds is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🧺 Do we need yeast for sprouting seeds? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 39.🌱 Where does a sprouting seed get its first food from? (a) the cotton wool (b) food stored in the seed (c) the sunlight only (d) the air
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) salt (b) warmth (c) air (d) water
Answer key
- wash your hands
- seeds on wet cotton
- we keep it the same
- needed
- False
- a tiny root
- a few days
- needed to sprout
- yeast
- needed
- True
- a mirror
- True
- pale yellow
- True
- we change it
- False
- not needed to sprout
- cotton wool
- False
- a balloon
- seeds in the freezer
- germination
- turmeric powder
- False
- we measure it
- needed to sprout
- a mirror
- we keep it the same
- False
- the same place
- False
- soil
- warmth
- False
- they do not sprout
- False
- not needed
- food stored in the seed
- salt
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