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