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 needed for the fizzy balloon? (a) a magnet (b) a battery cell (c) a balloon (d) a mirror
- 2.🫧 Which gas fills the balloon in the baking soda and vinegar experiment? (a) hydrogen (b) oxygen (c) carbon dioxide (d) helium
- 3.🫧 What do you see when baking soda meets vinegar? (a) it turns to ice (b) lots of fizzy bubbles (c) nothing at all (d) it glows in the dark
- 4.🧺 Do we need an empty bottle for the fizzy balloon? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 5.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? Which of these is kept the same? (a) spoons of baking soda (b) the kind of balloon (c) size of the balloon
- 6.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? True or false: spoons of baking soda is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
- 7.True or false: baking soda water is a base. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🫧 Which of these is a base? (a) lemon juice (b) plain water (c) baking soda water (d) salt water
- 9.🛟 What should you do if vinegar splashes in your eye? (a) rub it hard (b) ignore it (c) add baking soda (d) rinse with clean water
- 10.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for the fizzy balloon? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 11.🛟 Which safety rule fits the fizzy balloon experiment? (a) keep it away from eyes (b) put it in your mouth (c) shake it near your face (d) seal it in a glass jar
- 12.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? True or false: the kind of balloon is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🧺 Three of these are needed for the fizzy balloon. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a funnel or spoon (b) a balloon (c) a magnet (d) a tray for spills
- 14.True or false: an empty bottle is needed for the fizzy balloon. (a) True (b) False
- 15.📘 Vinegar is an acid and baking soda is a base. What happens when they meet? (a) they react (b) they freeze (c) they float apart (d) they become magnets
- 16.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the fizzy balloon? (a) a magnet (b) a funnel or spoon (c) a tray for spills (d) vinegar
- 17.True or false: a battery cell is not needed for the fizzy balloon. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🫧 Which of these is an acid? (a) plain water (b) salt water (c) vinegar (d) detergent water
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lemon juice (b) tamarind water (c) plain water (d) vinegar
- 20.🧺 Three of these are needed for the fizzy balloon. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a funnel or spoon (b) a tray for spills (c) baking soda (d) sugar
- 21.True or false: a funnel or spoon is needed for the fizzy balloon. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🫧 Is baking soda water an acid, a base or neutral? (a) an acid (b) a base (c) neutral
- 23.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? What do we do with “the same bottle”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
- 24.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? Which of these is what we measure? (a) size of the balloon (b) spoons of baking soda (c) the amount of vinegar (d) the kind of balloon
- 25.⚖️ 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
- 26.🧺 Three of these are needed for the fizzy balloon. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a funnel or spoon (b) an empty bottle (c) a balloon (d) a battery cell
- 27.🔮 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
- 28.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the same bottle (b) the kind of balloon (c) spoons of baking soda (d) size of the balloon
- 29.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the fizzy balloon? (a) a funnel or spoon (b) vinegar (c) an empty bottle (d) a mirror
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) salt water (b) plain water (c) detergent water (d) sugar water
- 31.🧺 Do we need sugar for the fizzy balloon? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 32.🫧 Is tamarind water an acid, a base or neutral? (a) neutral (b) an acid (c) a base
- 33.True or false: sugar water is neutral. (a) False (b) True
- 34.🔮 The fizzing stops after a while. Why? (a) the balloon got cold (b) the gas froze (c) an ingredient ran out (d) the bottle got tired
- 35.True or false: vinegar is neutral. (a) True (b) False
- 36.⚖️ 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
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tamarind water (b) plain water (c) salt water (d) sugar water
- 38.🧺 Do we need a comb for the fizzy balloon? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 39.⚖️ 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 measure it (c) we keep it the same
- 40.🫧 Which of these is neutral? (a) vinegar (b) tamarind water (c) curd (d) salt water
Answer key
- a balloon
- carbon dioxide
- lots of fizzy bubbles
- needed
- the kind of balloon
- False
- True
- baking soda water
- rinse with clean water
- not needed
- keep it away from eyes
- True
- a magnet
- True
- they react
- a magnet
- True
- vinegar
- plain water
- sugar
- True
- a base
- we keep it the same
- size of the balloon
- False
- a battery cell
- very little fizzing
- spoons of baking soda
- a mirror
- detergent water
- not needed
- an acid
- True
- an ingredient ran out
- False
- True
- tamarind water
- not needed
- we measure it
- salt water
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