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