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 neutral? (a) sugar water (b) tamarind water (c) vinegar (d) detergent water
- 2.🧺 Do we need sugar for the fizzy balloon? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 3.🧺 Do we need a seed for the fizzy balloon? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 4.⚖️ 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
- 5.🫧 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
- 6.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the fizzy balloon? (a) a mirror (b) baking soda (c) vinegar (d) a balloon
- 7.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we measure it
- 8.🫧 Is sugar water an acid, a base or neutral? (a) an acid (b) a base (c) neutral
- 9.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the fizzy balloon? (a) a funnel or spoon (b) a balloon (c) a magnet (d) vinegar
- 10.🧺 Three of these are needed for the fizzy balloon. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a balloon (b) baking soda (c) an empty bottle (d) sugar
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) salt water (b) curd (c) plain water (d) sugar water
- 12.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the fizzy balloon? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 13.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? True or false: size of the balloon is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 14.⚖️ 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
- 15.🔮 Predict: you use plain water instead of vinegar. What happens? (a) very little fizzing (b) it turns to honey (c) the balloon bursts (d) a huge eruption
- 16.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? True or false: size of the balloon is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) curd (b) baking soda water (c) orange juice (d) vinegar
- 18.🔮 Predict: you use more vinegar and more baking soda. What happens to the balloon? (a) it shrinks (b) there is no change (c) it grows bigger (d) it turns blue
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tamarind water (b) plain water (c) sugar water (d) salt water
- 20.⚖️ 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) the same bottle (c) the kind of balloon (d) spoons of baking soda
- 21.🎈 Why does the balloon blow up? (a) outside air gets in (b) vinegar is hot (c) gas is made inside (d) the bottle shrinks
- 22.🧺 Three of these are needed for the fizzy balloon. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a magnet (b) baking soda (c) a balloon (d) a tray for spills
- 23.🔮 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
- 24.True or false: vinegar is an acid. (a) False (b) True
- 25.⚖️ 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
- 26.⚖️ 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 amount of vinegar (c) size of the balloon
- 27.🧺 Three of these are needed for the fizzy balloon. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a battery cell (b) baking soda (c) a funnel or spoon (d) a balloon
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) plain water (b) soap solution (c) detergent water (d) baking soda water
- 29.🧺 Do we need a funnel or spoon for the fizzy balloon? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 30.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the fizzy balloon? (a) a funnel or spoon (b) sugar (c) an empty bottle (d) vinegar
- 31.True or false: curd is neutral. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🧺 Do we need a tray for spills for the fizzy balloon? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 33.🫧 Is detergent water an acid, a base or neutral? (a) an acid (b) neutral (c) a base
- 34.🫧 Is orange juice an acid, a base or neutral? (a) an acid (b) neutral (c) a base
- 35.🧺 Three of these are needed for the fizzy balloon. Which one is NOT needed? (a) baking soda (b) vinegar (c) a funnel or spoon (d) a seed
- 36.🛟 Which safety rule fits the fizzy balloon experiment? (a) shake it near your face (b) seal it in a glass jar (c) keep it away from eyes (d) put it in your mouth
- 37.🫧 Which gas fills the balloon in the baking soda and vinegar experiment? (a) helium (b) hydrogen (c) carbon dioxide (d) oxygen
- 38.🫧 Is curd an acid, a base or neutral? (a) neutral (b) a base (c) an acid
- 39.🫧 Which of these is a base? (a) baking soda water (b) salt water (c) orange juice (d) sugar water
- 40.⚖️ 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) the same bottle (d) size of the balloon
Answer key
- sugar water
- not needed
- not needed
- the kind of balloon
- lots of fizzy bubbles
- a mirror
- we keep it the same
- neutral
- a magnet
- sugar
- curd
- needed
- False
- False
- very little fizzing
- False
- baking soda water
- it grows bigger
- tamarind water
- spoons of baking soda
- gas is made inside
- a magnet
- an ingredient ran out
- True
- False
- the amount of vinegar
- a battery cell
- plain water
- needed
- sugar
- False
- needed
- a base
- an acid
- a seed
- keep it away from eyes
- carbon dioxide
- an acid
- baking soda water
- size of the balloon
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