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