Baking Soda and Vinegar Experiment Worksheet
What you do (Acid + base → gas): 1. Pour vinegar into the plastic bottle, standing on a tray. 2. Spoon two teaspoons of baking soda into the balloon. 3. Stretch the balloon over the bottle’s mouth, letting it hang to the side. 4. Lift the balloon so the soda drops in, and keep faces back.
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- 1.True or false: vinegar is an acid. (a) False (b) True
- 2.True or false: curd is an acid. (a) True (b) False
- 3.🫧 Is soap solution an acid, a base or neutral? (a) an acid (b) a base (c) neutral
- 4.🫧 Is sugar water an acid, a base or neutral? (a) a base (b) an acid (c) neutral
- 5.🎈 Why does the balloon blow up? (a) vinegar is hot (b) the bottle shrinks (c) gas is made inside (d) outside air gets in
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tamarind water (b) lemon juice (c) sugar water (d) vinegar
- 7.True or false: sugar is not needed for the fizzy balloon. (a) False (b) True
- 8.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) size of the balloon (b) the kind of balloon (c) the amount of vinegar (d) spoons of baking soda
- 9.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? What do we do with “the kind of balloon”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
- 10.🧺 Do we need vinegar for the fizzy balloon? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 11.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? Which of these is kept the same? (a) size of the balloon (b) spoons of baking soda (c) the same bottle
- 12.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? True or false: the amount of vinegar is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🧺 Do we need a funnel or spoon for the fizzy balloon? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 14.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the amount of vinegar (b) spoons of baking soda (c) size of the balloon
- 15.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? True or false: spoons of baking soda is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 16.🧺 Three of these are needed for the fizzy balloon. Which one is NOT needed? (a) an empty bottle (b) baking soda (c) a mirror (d) a balloon
- 17.🛟 Which safety rule fits the fizzy balloon experiment? (a) keep it away from eyes (b) put it in your mouth (c) seal it in a glass jar (d) shake it near your face
- 18.🔮 Predict: you use more vinegar and more baking soda. What happens to the balloon? (a) it turns blue (b) it shrinks (c) there is no change (d) it grows bigger
- 19.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the fizzy balloon? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 20.🫧 Which gas fills the balloon in the baking soda and vinegar experiment? (a) helium (b) hydrogen (c) carbon dioxide (d) oxygen
- 21.📘 Vinegar is an acid and baking soda is a base. What happens when they meet? (a) they react (b) they float apart (c) they freeze (d) they become magnets
- 22.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? True or false: the same bottle is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🫧 Which of these is an acid? (a) orange juice (b) detergent water (c) soap solution (d) salt water
- 24.🧺 Do we need sugar for the fizzy balloon? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 25.🧺 Which of these is needed for the fizzy balloon? (a) a balloon (b) a seed (c) a battery cell (d) sugar
- 26.🫧 Which of these is an acid? (a) baking soda water (b) soap solution (c) salt water (d) curd
- 27.🧺 Which of these is needed for the fizzy balloon? (a) a battery cell (b) baking soda (c) sugar (d) a comb
- 28.True or false: lemon juice is neutral. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🔮 The fizzing stops after a while. Why? (a) the balloon got cold (b) the bottle got tired (c) the gas froze (d) an ingredient ran out
- 30.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? True or false: size of the balloon is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) detergent water (b) baking soda water (c) soap solution (d) curd
- 32.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? What do we do with “size of the balloon”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange juice (b) vinegar (c) salt water (d) curd
- 34.True or false: soap solution is a base. (a) True (b) False
- 35.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? True or false: spoons of baking soda is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
- 36.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? True or false: the amount of vinegar is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🫧 Which of these is neutral? (a) vinegar (b) tamarind water (c) salt water (d) soap solution
- 38.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the same bottle (b) spoons of baking soda (c) the kind of balloon (d) size of the balloon
- 39.🫧 Is lemon juice an acid, a base or neutral? (a) an acid (b) neutral (c) a base
- 40.🫧 Which of these is neutral? (a) baking soda water (b) plain water (c) curd (d) vinegar
Answer key
- True
- True
- a base
- neutral
- gas is made inside
- sugar water
- True
- spoons of baking soda
- we keep it the same
- needed
- the same bottle
- True
- needed
- the amount of vinegar
- False
- a mirror
- keep it away from eyes
- it grows bigger
- needed
- carbon dioxide
- they react
- False
- orange juice
- not needed
- a balloon
- curd
- baking soda
- False
- an ingredient ran out
- True
- curd
- we measure it
- salt water
- True
- True
- False
- salt water
- size of the balloon
- an acid
- plain water
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