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