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.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the fizzy balloon? (a) sugar (b) a tray for spills (c) a funnel or spoon (d) a balloon
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) vinegar (b) curd (c) baking soda water (d) tamarind water
- 3.🧺 Three of these are needed for the fizzy balloon. Which one is NOT needed? (a) baking soda (b) a tray for spills (c) a comb (d) vinegar
- 4.🫧 What do you see when baking soda meets vinegar? (a) lots of fizzy bubbles (b) nothing at all (c) it turns to ice (d) it glows in the dark
- 5.🧺 Do we need a magnet for the fizzy balloon? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 6.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the amount of vinegar (b) size of the balloon (c) spoons of baking soda
- 7.🛟 What should you do if vinegar splashes in your eye? (a) rub it hard (b) rinse with clean water (c) add baking soda (d) ignore it
- 8.True or false: baking soda water is a base. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🫧 Is sugar water an acid, a base or neutral? (a) a base (b) neutral (c) an acid
- 10.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the fizzy balloon? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 11.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? What do we do with “spoons of baking soda”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
- 12.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? True or false: the same bottle is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🧺 Three of these are needed for the fizzy balloon. Which one is NOT needed? (a) baking soda (b) a funnel or spoon (c) a tray for spills (d) a seed
- 14.🫧 Which of these is a base? (a) tamarind water (b) vinegar (c) lemon juice (d) detergent water
- 15.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? True or false: size of the balloon is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
- 16.True or false: curd is a base. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) salt water (b) soap solution (c) detergent water (d) baking soda water
- 18.⚖️ 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
- 19.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the fizzy balloon? (a) baking soda (b) an empty bottle (c) vinegar (d) a mirror
- 20.True or false: salt water is a base. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the fizzy balloon? (a) a balloon (b) baking soda (c) a comb (d) an empty bottle
- 22.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the fizzy balloon? (a) a magnet (b) baking soda (c) vinegar (d) a balloon
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) plain water (b) sugar water (c) salt water (d) detergent water
- 24.🫧 Is tamarind water an acid, a base or neutral? (a) neutral (b) a base (c) an acid
- 25.🫧 Is baking soda water an acid, a base or neutral? (a) a base (b) neutral (c) an acid
- 26.True or false: baking soda is needed for the fizzy balloon. (a) True (b) False
- 27.True or false: curd is an acid. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🧺 Which of these is needed for the fizzy balloon? (a) a comb (b) sugar (c) vinegar (d) a seed
- 29.🫧 Is soap solution an acid, a base or neutral? (a) neutral (b) a base (c) an acid
- 30.📘 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
- 31.🧺 Three of these are needed for the fizzy balloon. Which one is NOT needed? (a) an empty bottle (b) a mirror (c) vinegar (d) a tray for spills
- 32.True or false: an empty bottle is needed for the fizzy balloon. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🔮 Predict: you use plain water instead of vinegar. What happens? (a) it turns to honey (b) the balloon bursts (c) very little fizzing (d) a huge eruption
- 34.🫧 Is plain water an acid, a base or neutral? (a) a base (b) an acid (c) neutral
- 35.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) spoons of baking soda (b) the amount of vinegar (c) the kind of balloon (d) size of the balloon
- 36.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? True or false: the same bottle is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🧺 Do we need a funnel or spoon for the fizzy balloon? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 38.🧺 Which of these is needed for the fizzy balloon? (a) sugar (b) a mirror (c) a magnet (d) a tray for spills
- 39.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? True or false: spoons of baking soda is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🧺 Three of these are needed for the fizzy balloon. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a magnet (b) a funnel or spoon (c) baking soda (d) a balloon
Answer key
- sugar
- baking soda water
- a comb
- lots of fizzy bubbles
- not needed
- the amount of vinegar
- rinse with clean water
- True
- neutral
- needed
- we change it
- True
- a seed
- detergent water
- False
- False
- salt water
- we measure it
- a mirror
- False
- a comb
- a magnet
- detergent water
- an acid
- a base
- True
- True
- vinegar
- a base
- they react
- a mirror
- True
- very little fizzing
- neutral
- spoons of baking soda
- False
- needed
- a tray for spills
- False
- a magnet
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