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 funnel or spoon (b) baking soda (c) a tray for spills (d) a seed
- 2.⚖️ 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) size of the balloon (d) spoons of baking soda
- 3.🧺 Three of these are needed for the fizzy balloon. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a tray for spills (b) a balloon (c) a magnet (d) an empty bottle
- 4.🫧 Is curd an acid, a base or neutral? (a) neutral (b) an acid (c) a base
- 5.🧺 Three of these are needed for the fizzy balloon. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a tray for spills (b) vinegar (c) baking soda (d) a battery cell
- 6.🛟 Which safety rule fits the fizzy balloon experiment? (a) seal it in a glass jar (b) shake it near your face (c) keep it away from eyes (d) put it in your mouth
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lemon juice (b) salt water (c) plain water (d) sugar water
- 8.🫧 Is tamarind water an acid, a base or neutral? (a) neutral (b) a base (c) an acid
- 9.🧺 Three of these are needed for the fizzy balloon. Which one is NOT needed? (a) vinegar (b) baking soda (c) a funnel or spoon (d) a comb
- 10.True or false: an empty bottle is not needed for the fizzy balloon. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) vinegar (b) baking soda water (c) soap solution (d) detergent water
- 12.🔮 Predict: you use more vinegar and more baking soda. What happens to the balloon? (a) it shrinks (b) it grows bigger (c) it turns blue (d) there is no change
- 13.🫧 Which of these is a base? (a) tamarind water (b) baking soda water (c) curd (d) orange juice
- 14.🫧 What do you see when baking soda meets vinegar? (a) it glows in the dark (b) it turns to ice (c) lots of fizzy bubbles (d) nothing at all
- 15.🫧 Which of these is a base? (a) plain water (b) vinegar (c) soap solution (d) sugar water
- 16.🧺 Do we need a funnel or spoon for the fizzy balloon? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 17.True or false: orange juice is an acid. (a) False (b) True
- 18.True or false: curd is a base. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tamarind water (b) plain water (c) curd (d) vinegar
- 20.True or false: a balloon is not needed for the fizzy balloon. (a) True (b) False
- 21.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the same bottle (b) size of the balloon (c) the kind of balloon (d) the amount of vinegar
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sugar water (b) orange juice (c) plain water (d) salt water
- 23.⚖️ 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
- 24.🧺 Three of these are needed for the fizzy balloon. Which one is NOT needed? (a) baking soda (b) a funnel or spoon (c) an empty bottle (d) a mirror
- 25.🧺 Which of these is needed for the fizzy balloon? (a) sugar (b) a mirror (c) a seed (d) vinegar
- 26.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? What do we do with “size of the balloon”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
- 27.True or false: a battery cell is not needed for the fizzy balloon. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tamarind water (b) sugar water (c) salt water (d) plain water
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange juice (b) salt water (c) vinegar (d) lemon juice
- 30.True or false: salt water is neutral. (a) True (b) False
- 31.🫧 Which of these is an acid? (a) soap solution (b) sugar water (c) detergent water (d) tamarind water
- 32.🫧 Which of these is neutral? (a) lemon juice (b) detergent water (c) tamarind water (d) salt water
- 33.🎈 Why does the balloon blow up? (a) vinegar is hot (b) outside air gets in (c) gas is made inside (d) the bottle shrinks
- 34.📘 Vinegar is an acid and baking soda is a base. What happens when they meet? (a) they become magnets (b) they freeze (c) they float apart (d) they react
- 35.🧺 Do we need an empty bottle for the fizzy balloon? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 36.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? Which of these is kept the same? (a) spoons of baking soda (b) size of the balloon (c) the amount of vinegar
- 37.True or false: curd is an acid. (a) False (b) True
- 38.True or false: vinegar is an acid. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🔮 Predict: you use plain water instead of vinegar. What happens? (a) very little fizzing (b) it turns to honey (c) a huge eruption (d) the balloon bursts
- 40.True or false: curd is neutral. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- a seed
- spoons of baking soda
- a magnet
- an acid
- a battery cell
- keep it away from eyes
- lemon juice
- an acid
- a comb
- False
- vinegar
- it grows bigger
- baking soda water
- lots of fizzy bubbles
- soap solution
- needed
- True
- False
- plain water
- False
- size of the balloon
- orange juice
- True
- a mirror
- vinegar
- we measure it
- True
- tamarind water
- salt water
- True
- tamarind water
- salt water
- gas is made inside
- they react
- needed
- the amount of vinegar
- True
- True
- very little fizzing
- False
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