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