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) salt water (c) plain water (d) lemon juice
- 2.🧺 Do we need a funnel or spoon for the fizzy balloon? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 3.🫧 Which of these is a base? (a) salt water (b) sugar water (c) tamarind water (d) baking soda water
- 4.True or false: lemon juice is an acid. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) detergent water (b) soap solution (c) orange juice (d) baking soda water
- 6.True or false: baking soda water is neutral. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) baking soda water (b) plain water (c) sugar water (d) salt water
- 8.🫧 Which of these is an acid? (a) baking soda water (b) orange juice (c) plain water (d) sugar water
- 9.🔮 The fizzing stops after a while. Why? (a) an ingredient ran out (b) the gas froze (c) the balloon got cold (d) the bottle got tired
- 10.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? True or false: the same bottle is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🫧 Which of these is neutral? (a) plain water (b) curd (c) detergent water (d) orange juice
- 12.🫧 Is soap solution an acid, a base or neutral? (a) neutral (b) an acid (c) a base
- 13.True or false: salt water is a base. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🎈 Why does the balloon blow up? (a) vinegar is hot (b) gas is made inside (c) outside air gets in (d) the bottle shrinks
- 15.⚖️ 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
- 16.⚖️ 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
- 17.🧺 Three of these are needed for the fizzy balloon. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a balloon (b) vinegar (c) a magnet (d) an empty bottle
- 18.⚖️ 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
- 19.🫧 Is sugar water an acid, a base or neutral? (a) an acid (b) a base (c) neutral
- 20.📘 Is the fizzing a sign that a new substance is made? (a) it is only dissolving (b) it is only melting (c) no, nothing changes (d) yes, a new gas forms
- 21.🧺 Three of these are needed for the fizzy balloon. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a balloon (b) a seed (c) baking soda (d) an empty bottle
- 22.True or false: vinegar is an acid. (a) True (b) False
- 23.True or false: a comb is not needed for the fizzy balloon. (a) False (b) True
- 24.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? True or false: size of the balloon is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🫧 Is orange juice an acid, a base or neutral? (a) neutral (b) an acid (c) a base
- 26.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? True or false: the amount of vinegar is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🫧 What do you see when baking soda meets vinegar? (a) lots of fizzy bubbles (b) nothing at all (c) it glows in the dark (d) it turns to ice
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) detergent water (b) soap solution (c) vinegar (d) baking soda water
- 29.🫧 Is curd an acid, a base or neutral? (a) a base (b) neutral (c) an acid
- 30.⚖️ 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) size of the balloon (d) spoons of baking soda
- 31.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the fizzy balloon? (a) baking soda (b) a battery cell (c) a funnel or spoon (d) vinegar
- 32.🫧 Which of these is an acid? (a) lemon juice (b) salt water (c) plain water (d) detergent water
- 33.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the amount of vinegar (b) size of the balloon (c) the same bottle (d) spoons of baking soda
- 34.True or false: a funnel or spoon is needed for the fizzy balloon. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🛟 What should you do if vinegar splashes in your eye? (a) add baking soda (b) rub it hard (c) ignore it (d) rinse with clean water
- 36.True or false: a battery cell is needed for the fizzy balloon. (a) True (b) False
- 37.True or false: tamarind water is an acid. (a) True (b) False
- 38.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we measure it
- 39.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? True or false: spoons of baking soda is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🧺 Do we need vinegar for the fizzy balloon? (a) not needed (b) needed
Answer key
- lemon juice
- needed
- baking soda water
- True
- orange juice
- False
- baking soda water
- orange juice
- an ingredient ran out
- True
- plain water
- a base
- False
- gas is made inside
- we change it
- True
- a magnet
- the kind of balloon
- neutral
- yes, a new gas forms
- a seed
- True
- True
- True
- an acid
- False
- lots of fizzy bubbles
- vinegar
- an acid
- spoons of baking soda
- a battery cell
- lemon juice
- size of the balloon
- True
- rinse with clean water
- False
- True
- we keep it the same
- False
- needed
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