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