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