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