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