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