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.🛟 What should you do if vinegar splashes in your eye? (a) add baking soda (b) ignore it (c) rinse with clean water (d) rub it hard
- 2.⚖️ 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 same bottle (c) size of the balloon (d) the amount of vinegar
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) detergent water (b) tamarind water (c) baking soda water (d) soap solution
- 4.True or false: curd is an acid. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🧺 Do we need a funnel or spoon for the fizzy balloon? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 6.🔮 Predict: you use more vinegar and more baking soda. What happens to the balloon? (a) there is no change (b) it grows bigger (c) it turns blue (d) it shrinks
- 7.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the fizzy balloon? (a) a funnel or spoon (b) a battery cell (c) baking soda (d) vinegar
- 8.True or false: tamarind water is neutral. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🫧 Which of these is an acid? (a) sugar water (b) soap solution (c) tamarind water (d) detergent water
- 10.🧺 Which of these is needed for the fizzy balloon? (a) a seed (b) sugar (c) a mirror (d) baking soda
- 11.True or false: baking soda water is a base. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🎈 Why does the balloon blow up? (a) outside air gets in (b) vinegar is hot (c) gas is made inside (d) the bottle shrinks
- 13.🧺 Which of these is needed for the fizzy balloon? (a) a mirror (b) a battery cell (c) an empty bottle (d) a seed
- 14.📘 Vinegar is an acid and baking soda is a base. What happens when they meet? (a) they float apart (b) they freeze (c) they react (d) they become magnets
- 15.🔮 Predict: you use plain water instead of vinegar. What happens? (a) very little fizzing (b) a huge eruption (c) it turns to honey (d) the balloon bursts
- 16.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the kind of balloon (b) spoons of baking soda (c) size of the balloon
- 17.🧺 Do we need baking soda for the fizzy balloon? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 18.⚖️ 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
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange juice (b) vinegar (c) lemon juice (d) baking soda water
- 20.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? What do we do with “the amount of vinegar”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tamarind water (b) vinegar (c) detergent water (d) orange juice
- 22.🫧 What do you see when baking soda meets vinegar? (a) lots of fizzy bubbles (b) it turns to ice (c) nothing at all (d) it glows in the dark
- 23.True or false: soap solution is a base. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🫧 Is detergent water an acid, a base or neutral? (a) neutral (b) an acid (c) a base
- 25.True or false: a balloon is not needed for the fizzy balloon. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🧺 Which of these is needed for the fizzy balloon? (a) a mirror (b) vinegar (c) a comb (d) a battery cell
- 27.True or false: vinegar is needed for the fizzy balloon. (a) True (b) False
- 28.📘 Is the fizzing a sign that a new substance is made? (a) it is only dissolving (b) yes, a new gas forms (c) no, nothing changes (d) it is only melting
- 29.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? What do we do with “size of the balloon”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
- 30.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the fizzy balloon? (a) a magnet (b) an empty bottle (c) vinegar (d) a tray for spills
- 31.🔮 The fizzing stops after a while. Why? (a) the gas froze (b) the bottle got tired (c) an ingredient ran out (d) the balloon got cold
- 32.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? Which of these is what we measure? (a) spoons of baking soda (b) size of the balloon (c) the kind of balloon (d) the amount of vinegar
- 33.True or false: soap solution is an acid. (a) False (b) True
- 34.🧺 Three of these are needed for the fizzy balloon. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a battery cell (b) an empty bottle (c) a tray for spills (d) vinegar
- 35.🧺 Do we need a tray for spills for the fizzy balloon? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 36.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? True or false: the amount of vinegar is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🧺 Three of these are needed for the fizzy balloon. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a balloon (b) vinegar (c) sugar (d) baking soda
- 38.True or false: a funnel or spoon is needed for the fizzy balloon. (a) False (b) True
- 39.True or false: an empty bottle is needed for the fizzy balloon. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) soap solution (b) curd (c) baking soda water (d) detergent water
Answer key
- rinse with clean water
- spoons of baking soda
- tamarind water
- True
- needed
- it grows bigger
- a battery cell
- False
- tamarind water
- baking soda
- True
- gas is made inside
- an empty bottle
- they react
- very little fizzing
- the kind of balloon
- needed
- we keep it the same
- baking soda water
- we keep it the same
- detergent water
- lots of fizzy bubbles
- True
- a base
- False
- vinegar
- True
- yes, a new gas forms
- we measure it
- a magnet
- an ingredient ran out
- size of the balloon
- False
- a battery cell
- needed
- False
- sugar
- True
- True
- curd
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