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.🧺 Do we need baking soda for the fizzy balloon? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 2.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for the fizzy balloon? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 3.True or false: an empty bottle is needed for the fizzy balloon. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🫧 Which of these is a base? (a) plain water (b) lemon juice (c) baking soda water (d) orange juice
- 5.🫧 Is salt water an acid, a base or neutral? (a) a base (b) neutral (c) an acid
- 6.🧺 Do we need a seed for the fizzy balloon? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 7.🧺 Which of these is needed for the fizzy balloon? (a) baking soda (b) a seed (c) a battery cell (d) a magnet
- 8.True or false: a balloon is needed for the fizzy balloon. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🔮 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
- 10.🫧 Is tamarind water an acid, a base or neutral? (a) a base (b) neutral (c) an acid
- 11.True or false: tamarind water is an acid. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🧺 Do we need a mirror for the fizzy balloon? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 13.🧺 Three of these are needed for the fizzy balloon. Which one is NOT needed? (a) an empty bottle (b) a balloon (c) a seed (d) baking soda
- 14.🫧 Which of these is neutral? (a) curd (b) detergent water (c) sugar water (d) lemon juice
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) plain water (b) soap solution (c) salt water (d) sugar water
- 16.🫧 Is soap solution an acid, a base or neutral? (a) a base (b) an acid (c) neutral
- 17.🧺 Do we need sugar for the fizzy balloon? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 18.🛟 What should you do if vinegar splashes in your eye? (a) add baking soda (b) ignore it (c) rub it hard (d) rinse with clean water
- 19.🔮 Predict: you use plain water instead of vinegar. What happens? (a) a huge eruption (b) the balloon bursts (c) it turns to honey (d) very little fizzing
- 20.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? Which of these is kept the same? (a) size of the balloon (b) the amount of vinegar (c) spoons of baking soda
- 21.⚖️ 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
- 22.🧺 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 mirror
- 23.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the fizzy balloon? (a) an empty bottle (b) a funnel or spoon (c) vinegar (d) a mirror
- 24.⚖️ 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) the amount of vinegar (d) spoons of baking soda
- 25.⚖️ 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
- 26.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the fizzy balloon? (a) a balloon (b) vinegar (c) a comb (d) baking soda
- 27.🧺 Do we need a funnel or spoon for the fizzy balloon? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 28.🫧 Which of these is an acid? (a) baking soda water (b) salt water (c) detergent water (d) curd
- 29.True or false: plain water is neutral. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🫧 Is plain water an acid, a base or neutral? (a) a base (b) an acid (c) neutral
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) salt water (b) soap solution (c) detergent water (d) baking soda water
- 32.True or false: lemon juice is neutral. (a) True (b) False
- 33.⚖️ 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
- 34.🫧 Which of these is an acid? (a) salt water (b) vinegar (c) plain water (d) baking soda water
- 35.🧺 Do we need an empty bottle for the fizzy balloon? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 36.True or false: a comb is needed for the fizzy balloon. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🧺 Do we need a comb for the fizzy balloon? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 38.⚖️ 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
- 39.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the fizzy balloon? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 40.⚖️ 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
Answer key
- needed
- not needed
- True
- baking soda water
- neutral
- not needed
- baking soda
- True
- an ingredient ran out
- an acid
- True
- not needed
- a seed
- sugar water
- soap solution
- a base
- not needed
- rinse with clean water
- very little fizzing
- the amount of vinegar
- False
- a mirror
- a mirror
- spoons of baking soda
- False
- a comb
- needed
- curd
- True
- neutral
- salt water
- False
- False
- vinegar
- needed
- False
- not needed
- True
- needed
- we change it
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