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: wet seeds in the dark sprouts in a few days. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sugar (b) salt (c) water (d) soil
- 3.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a small bowl (b) moong seeds (c) a few days (d) a balloon
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) air (b) salt (c) water (d) warmth
- 5.🌱 Is soil needed for a seed to sprout? (a) needed to sprout (b) not needed to sprout
- 6.🛟 Some seeds from shops are coated with chemicals. What is the safe rule? (a) feed them to pets (b) throw them at friends (c) never put seeds in mouth (d) eat a few to check
- 7.⚖️ 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 measure it (c) we change it
- 8.True or false: seeds in the freezer does not sprout. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🌱 Where does a sprouting seed get its first food from? (a) the air (b) the cotton wool (c) food stored in the seed (d) the sunlight only
- 10.🌱 Which of these sprouts in a few days? (a) seeds on wet cotton (b) boiled seeds (c) seeds on dry cotton (d) seeds in the freezer
- 11.🧺 Do we need a balloon for sprouting seeds? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 12.🌱 Which of these is needed for a seed to sprout? (a) sugar (b) sunlight (c) warmth (d) soil
- 13.True or false: wet seeds by a window does not sprout. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🧺 Do we need moong seeds for sprouting seeds? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 15.True or false: sunlight is not needed for a seed to sprout. (a) False (b) True
- 16.True or false: seeds in the freezer sprouts in a few days. (a) False (b) True
- 17.⚖️ 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 measure it (c) we change it
- 18.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? Which of these is kept the same? (a) wet or dry cotton (b) how many seeds sprout (c) the same place
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sugar (b) soil (c) salt (d) warmth
- 20.🌱 Will these sprout: seeds in the freezer? (a) sprouts (b) does not sprout
- 21.🌱 Which of these does not sprout? (a) wet seeds in the dark (b) boiled seeds (c) seeds on wet cotton (d) wet seeds by a window
- 22.True or false: wet seeds by a window sprouts in a few days. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🌱 What comes out of a moong seed first when it sprouts? (a) a tiny root (b) a fruit (c) a thorn (d) a flower
- 24.True or false: a magnet is not needed for sprouting seeds. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a magnet (b) moong seeds (c) water (d) a small bowl
- 26.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? What do we do with “the same bowls”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
- 27.📘 What do we call a seed starting to grow? (a) germination (b) evaporation (c) pollination (d) condensation
- 28.🌱 Is salt needed for a seed to sprout? (a) needed to sprout (b) not needed to sprout
- 29.🌱 Why do the seeds on dry cotton not sprout? (a) they have no salt (b) they are too wet (c) they have no water (d) they have no soil
- 30.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the kind of seeds (b) the same bowls (c) wet or dry cotton (d) how many seeds sprout
- 31.🌱 Will these sprout: seeds on wet cotton? (a) does not sprout (b) sprouts
- 32.🌱 Will these sprout: wet seeds by a window? (a) sprouts (b) does not sprout
- 33.🌱 Seeds need water, air and ___ to sprout. (a) sugar (b) soil (c) salt (d) warmth
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) water (b) sugar (c) warmth (d) air
- 35.🌱 Is warmth needed for a seed to sprout? (a) not needed to sprout (b) needed to sprout
- 36.True or false: soil is needed for a seed to sprout. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🧺 Which of these is not needed for sprouting seeds? (a) cotton wool (b) a magnet (c) moong seeds (d) a few days
- 38.True or false: warmth is not needed for a seed to sprout. (a) False (b) True
- 39.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) how many seeds sprout (b) wet or dry cotton (c) the kind of seeds (d) the number of seeds
- 40.🧺 Which of these is needed for sprouting seeds? (a) yeast (b) a few days (c) a balloon (d) a magnet
Answer key
- True
- water
- a balloon
- salt
- not needed to sprout
- never put seeds in mouth
- we keep it the same
- True
- food stored in the seed
- seeds on wet cotton
- not needed
- warmth
- False
- needed
- True
- False
- we measure it
- the same place
- warmth
- does not sprout
- boiled seeds
- True
- a tiny root
- True
- a magnet
- we keep it the same
- germination
- not needed to sprout
- they have no water
- how many seeds sprout
- sprouts
- sprouts
- warmth
- sugar
- needed to sprout
- False
- a magnet
- False
- wet or dry cotton
- a few days
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