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