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 is the odd one out? (a) sugar water (b) plain water (c) tamarind water (d) salt water
- 2.🫧 Which of these is an acid? (a) sugar water (b) soap solution (c) vinegar (d) baking soda water
- 3.⚖️ 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
- 4.🫧 Is detergent water an acid, a base or neutral? (a) an acid (b) neutral (c) a base
- 5.🛟 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
- 6.📘 Vinegar is an acid and baking soda is a base. What happens when they meet? (a) they react (b) they float apart (c) they become magnets (d) they freeze
- 7.🛟 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
- 8.True or false: an empty bottle is not needed for the fizzy balloon. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🧺 Which of these is needed for the fizzy balloon? (a) sugar (b) baking soda (c) a mirror (d) a seed
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange juice (b) vinegar (c) lemon juice (d) salt water
- 11.🔮 The fizzing stops after a while. Why? (a) the gas froze (b) an ingredient ran out (c) the balloon got cold (d) the bottle got tired
- 12.🧺 Do we need baking soda for the fizzy balloon? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 13.⚖️ 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
- 14.True or false: tamarind water is a base. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) curd (b) soap solution (c) tamarind water (d) orange juice
- 16.True or false: sugar is needed for the fizzy balloon. (a) True (b) False
- 17.True or false: baking soda water is a base. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🧺 Which of these is needed for the fizzy balloon? (a) a seed (b) sugar (c) an empty bottle (d) a battery cell
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) plain water (b) vinegar (c) orange juice (d) lemon juice
- 20.🧺 Do we need sugar for the fizzy balloon? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 21.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? What do we do with “the amount of vinegar”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
- 22.True or false: vinegar is needed for the fizzy balloon. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🫧 Which of these is neutral? (a) tamarind water (b) lemon juice (c) salt water (d) baking soda water
- 24.🧺 Do we need vinegar for the fizzy balloon? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 25.🧺 Three of these are needed for the fizzy balloon. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a funnel or spoon (b) vinegar (c) a seed (d) a balloon
- 26.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? What do we do with “the same bottle”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
- 27.True or false: an empty bottle is needed for the fizzy balloon. (a) False (b) True
- 28.True or false: salt water is neutral. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🫧 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
- 30.True or false: sugar water is neutral. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sugar water (b) plain water (c) orange juice (d) salt water
- 32.True or false: lemon juice is an acid. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🫧 Is vinegar an acid, a base or neutral? (a) a base (b) an acid (c) neutral
- 34.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we measure it
- 35.🫧 Is curd an acid, a base or neutral? (a) neutral (b) a base (c) an acid
- 36.⚖️ 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) the amount of vinegar (d) size of the balloon
- 37.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? True or false: size of the balloon is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
- 38.⚖️ 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
- 39.🫧 Which of these is an acid? (a) sugar water (b) soap solution (c) plain water (d) orange juice
- 40.True or false: a balloon is not needed for the fizzy balloon. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- tamarind water
- vinegar
- False
- a base
- rinse with clean water
- they react
- keep it away from eyes
- False
- baking soda
- salt water
- an ingredient ran out
- needed
- the kind of balloon
- False
- soap solution
- False
- True
- an empty bottle
- plain water
- not needed
- we keep it the same
- True
- salt water
- needed
- a seed
- we keep it the same
- True
- True
- lots of fizzy bubbles
- True
- orange juice
- True
- an acid
- we measure it
- an acid
- spoons of baking soda
- True
- the amount of vinegar
- orange juice
- False
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