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: a small bowl is needed for sprouting seeds. (a) True (b) False
- 2.True or false: air is needed for a seed to sprout. (a) False (b) True
- 3.🧺 Do we need a magnet for sprouting seeds? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 4.True or false: moong seeds is not needed for sprouting seeds. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) soil (b) salt (c) sunlight (d) water
- 6.True or false: wet seeds in the dark sprouts in a few days. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🔮 Predict: seeds on wet cotton are kept in a dark cupboard. Will they sprout? (a) they melt (b) yes, they sprout (c) they turn to stones (d) no, never
- 8.🌱 Is soil needed for a seed to sprout? (a) needed to sprout (b) not needed to sprout
- 9.🌱 Which of these is needed for a seed to sprout? (a) sugar (b) soil (c) salt (d) air
- 10.🌱 Is warmth needed for a seed to sprout? (a) needed to sprout (b) not needed to sprout
- 11.🧺 Do we need moong seeds for sprouting seeds? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 12.True or false: seeds in the freezer sprouts in a few days. (a) False (b) True
- 13.True or false: boiled seeds does not sprout. (a) False (b) True
- 14.True or false: warmth is not needed for a seed to sprout. (a) True (b) False
- 15.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the same bowls (b) the kind of seeds (c) how many seeds sprout (d) wet or dry cotton
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) water (b) warmth (c) sunlight (d) air
- 17.True or false: sugar is needed for a seed to sprout. (a) False (b) True
- 18.True or false: a small bowl is not needed for sprouting seeds. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🧺 Which of these is needed for sprouting seeds? (a) a magnet (b) turmeric powder (c) moong seeds (d) a mirror
- 20.True or false: seeds on wet cotton does not sprout. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for sprouting seeds? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 22.⚖️ 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
- 23.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the number of seeds (b) how many seeds sprout (c) wet or dry cotton
- 24.🌱 Is sugar needed for a seed to sprout? (a) needed to sprout (b) not needed to sprout
- 25.🌱 Which of these is needed for a seed to sprout? (a) soil (b) salt (c) sugar (d) water
- 26.True or false: yeast is needed for sprouting seeds. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🧺 Which of these is needed for sprouting seeds? (a) a magnet (b) cotton wool (c) a battery cell (d) a balloon
- 28.⚖️ 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
- 29.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a few days (b) a balloon (c) moong seeds (d) cotton wool
- 30.🌱 Which of these does not sprout? (a) wet seeds in the dark (b) seeds on wet cotton (c) seeds on dry cotton (d) wet seeds by a window
- 31.🌱 Which of these sprouts in a few days? (a) seeds in the freezer (b) boiled seeds (c) seeds on dry cotton (d) wet seeds by a window
- 32.🌱 Which of these sprouts in a few days? (a) wet seeds in the dark (b) boiled seeds (c) seeds on dry cotton (d) seeds in the freezer
- 33.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) water (b) moong seeds (c) a battery cell (d) cotton wool
- 34.🌱 Is air needed for a seed to sprout? (a) not needed to sprout (b) needed to sprout
- 35.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? Which of these is kept the same? (a) wet or dry cotton (b) the kind of seeds (c) how many seeds sprout
- 36.🌱 Will these sprout: seeds on dry cotton? (a) does not sprout (b) sprouts
- 37.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: how many seeds sprout is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 38.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? What do we do with “the number of seeds”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
- 39.🌱 Why do the seeds on dry cotton not sprout? (a) they have no soil (b) they have no salt (c) they have no water (d) they are too wet
- 40.🌱 Is salt needed for a seed to sprout? (a) needed to sprout (b) not needed to sprout
Answer key
- True
- True
- not needed
- False
- water
- True
- yes, they sprout
- not needed to sprout
- air
- needed to sprout
- needed
- False
- True
- False
- how many seeds sprout
- sunlight
- False
- False
- moong seeds
- False
- not needed
- we keep it the same
- the number of seeds
- not needed to sprout
- water
- False
- cotton wool
- we keep it the same
- a balloon
- seeds on dry cotton
- wet seeds by a window
- wet seeds in the dark
- a battery cell
- needed to sprout
- the kind of seeds
- does not sprout
- False
- we keep it the same
- they have no water
- not needed to sprout
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