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.🧺 Three of these are needed for the fizzy balloon. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a balloon (b) a tray for spills (c) a magnet (d) baking soda
- 2.⚖️ 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 same bottle (c) size of the balloon
- 3.🫧 Which of these is a base? (a) lemon juice (b) curd (c) vinegar (d) baking soda water
- 4.True or false: a battery cell is not needed for the fizzy balloon. (a) False (b) True
- 5.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for the fizzy balloon? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 6.🫧 Which of these is an acid? (a) soap solution (b) lemon juice (c) salt water (d) sugar water
- 7.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the fizzy balloon? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 8.🧺 Three of these are needed for the fizzy balloon. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a mirror (b) baking soda (c) vinegar (d) a funnel or spoon
- 9.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the fizzy balloon? (a) baking soda (b) a funnel or spoon (c) a tray for spills (d) a mirror
- 10.📘 Vinegar is an acid and baking soda is a base. What happens when they meet? (a) they freeze (b) they become magnets (c) they react (d) they float apart
- 11.True or false: baking soda water is neutral. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🫧 Is orange juice an acid, a base or neutral? (a) an acid (b) neutral (c) a base
- 13.🧺 Do we need baking soda for the fizzy balloon? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 14.🔮 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
- 15.🛟 What should you do if vinegar splashes in your eye? (a) add baking soda (b) rinse with clean water (c) rub it hard (d) ignore it
- 16.🧺 Three of these are needed for the fizzy balloon. Which one is NOT needed? (a) vinegar (b) an empty bottle (c) a battery cell (d) baking soda
- 17.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the fizzy balloon? (a) a funnel or spoon (b) a tray for spills (c) a comb (d) vinegar
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) vinegar (b) curd (c) sugar water (d) lemon juice
- 19.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we change it
- 20.True or false: curd is an acid. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sugar water (b) plain water (c) salt water (d) soap solution
- 22.True or false: baking soda is needed for the fizzy balloon. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🫧 What do you see when baking soda meets vinegar? (a) nothing at all (b) it glows in the dark (c) lots of fizzy bubbles (d) it turns to ice
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) detergent water (b) plain water (c) baking soda water (d) soap solution
- 25.🧺 Three of these are needed for the fizzy balloon. Which one is NOT needed? (a) an empty bottle (b) vinegar (c) a funnel or spoon (d) a comb
- 26.True or false: a comb is not needed for the fizzy balloon. (a) False (b) True
- 27.True or false: sugar is needed for the fizzy balloon. (a) False (b) True
- 28.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the kind of balloon (b) the amount of vinegar (c) spoons of baking soda (d) size of the balloon
- 29.True or false: salt water is neutral. (a) True (b) False
- 30.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the kind of balloon (b) spoons of baking soda (c) size of the balloon
- 31.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? True or false: the kind of balloon is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🫧 Which gas fills the balloon in the baking soda and vinegar experiment? (a) helium (b) hydrogen (c) oxygen (d) carbon dioxide
- 33.🫧 Is lemon juice an acid, a base or neutral? (a) an acid (b) a base (c) neutral
- 34.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the kind of balloon (b) the amount of vinegar (c) the same bottle (d) size of the balloon
- 35.🫧 Is sugar water an acid, a base or neutral? (a) an acid (b) neutral (c) a base
- 36.⚖️ 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
- 37.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? True or false: the amount of vinegar is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🧺 Three of these are needed for the fizzy balloon. Which one is NOT needed? (a) sugar (b) a balloon (c) an empty bottle (d) vinegar
- 39.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the fizzy balloon? (a) sugar (b) an empty bottle (c) a funnel or spoon (d) vinegar
- 40.🛟 Which safety rule fits the fizzy balloon experiment? (a) keep it away from eyes (b) shake it near your face (c) put it in your mouth (d) seal it in a glass jar
Answer key
- a magnet
- the same bottle
- baking soda water
- True
- not needed
- lemon juice
- needed
- a mirror
- a mirror
- they react
- False
- an acid
- needed
- an ingredient ran out
- rinse with clean water
- a battery cell
- a comb
- sugar water
- we keep it the same
- True
- soap solution
- True
- lots of fizzy bubbles
- plain water
- a comb
- True
- False
- spoons of baking soda
- True
- the kind of balloon
- True
- carbon dioxide
- an acid
- size of the balloon
- neutral
- we keep it the same
- True
- sugar
- sugar
- keep it away from eyes
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