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: seeds in the freezer sprouts in a few days. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sunlight (b) water (c) salt (d) sugar
- 3.🧺 Which of these is needed for sprouting seeds? (a) moong seeds (b) yeast (c) a magnet (d) a battery cell
- 4.🌱 Which of these does not sprout? (a) boiled seeds (b) wet seeds in the dark (c) wet seeds by a window (d) seeds on wet cotton
- 5.🌱 Which of these sprouts in a few days? (a) seeds on dry cotton (b) seeds in the freezer (c) wet seeds by a window (d) boiled seeds
- 6.⚖️ 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
- 7.True or false: turmeric powder is needed for sprouting seeds. (a) False (b) True
- 8.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the number of seeds (b) the same bowls (c) how many seeds sprout (d) the kind of seeds
- 9.🛟 Some seeds from shops are coated with chemicals. What is the safe rule? (a) throw them at friends (b) feed them to pets (c) eat a few to check (d) never put seeds in mouth
- 10.🧺 Do we need cotton wool for sprouting seeds? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 11.True or false: seeds on wet cotton sprouts in a few days. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) turmeric powder (b) water (c) a small bowl (d) moong seeds
- 13.True or false: water is needed for a seed to sprout. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🌱 Is salt needed for a seed to sprout? (a) not needed to sprout (b) needed to sprout
- 15.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? What do we do with “the same place”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
- 16.🌱 Will these sprout: wet seeds by a window? (a) does not sprout (b) sprouts
- 17.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: the same place is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a small bowl (b) a magnet (c) water (d) a few days
- 19.🌱 Will these sprout: wet seeds in the dark? (a) sprouts (b) does not sprout
- 20.🔮 Predict: sprouts grow in the dark for a week. What colour are their leaves? (a) blue (b) pale yellow (c) dark green (d) bright red
- 21.🌱 Which of these does not sprout? (a) seeds on wet cotton (b) wet seeds in the dark (c) seeds on dry cotton (d) wet seeds by a window
- 22.🧺 Which of these is needed for sprouting seeds? (a) turmeric powder (b) water (c) a mirror (d) a balloon
- 23.🧺 Which of these is needed for sprouting seeds? (a) cotton wool (b) yeast (c) turmeric powder (d) a battery cell
- 24.True or false: salt is not needed for a seed to sprout. (a) True (b) False
- 25.True or false: a magnet is not needed for sprouting seeds. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🌱 Is air needed for a seed to sprout? (a) not needed to sprout (b) needed to sprout
- 27.🌱 Which of these is not needed for a seed to sprout? (a) warmth (b) air (c) sunlight (d) water
- 28.🔮 Predict: seeds on wet cotton are kept in the freezer. What happens? (a) they grow fruit (b) they do not sprout (c) they sprout faster (d) they glow
- 29.📘 What do we call a seed starting to grow? (a) evaporation (b) pollination (c) condensation (d) germination
- 30.True or false: a magnet is needed for sprouting seeds. (a) True (b) False
- 31.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: the number of seeds is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 32.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: the number of seeds is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
- 33.True or false: moong seeds is not needed for sprouting seeds. (a) False (b) True
- 34.🌱 Seeds need water, air and ___ to sprout. (a) soil (b) warmth (c) salt (d) sugar
- 35.🧺 Which of these is not needed for sprouting seeds? (a) water (b) yeast (c) moong seeds (d) cotton wool
- 36.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a balloon (b) cotton wool (c) moong seeds (d) water
- 37.🌱 Which of these is not needed for a seed to sprout? (a) air (b) water (c) warmth (d) salt
- 38.True or false: a few days is needed for sprouting seeds. (a) False (b) True
- 39.True or false: yeast is needed for sprouting seeds. (a) False (b) True
- 40.True or false: seeds on dry cotton sprouts in a few days. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- False
- water
- moong seeds
- boiled seeds
- wet seeds by a window
- False
- False
- how many seeds sprout
- never put seeds in mouth
- needed
- True
- turmeric powder
- True
- not needed to sprout
- we keep it the same
- sprouts
- False
- a magnet
- sprouts
- pale yellow
- seeds on dry cotton
- water
- cotton wool
- True
- True
- needed to sprout
- sunlight
- they do not sprout
- germination
- False
- True
- False
- False
- warmth
- yeast
- a balloon
- salt
- True
- False
- False
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