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