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