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