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 of these is a base? (a) soap solution (b) salt water (c) sugar water (d) lemon juice
- 2.🛟 What should you do if vinegar splashes in your eye? (a) rinse with clean water (b) add baking soda (c) rub it hard (d) ignore it
- 3.🔮 Predict: you use plain water instead of vinegar. What happens? (a) a huge eruption (b) very little fizzing (c) the balloon bursts (d) it turns to honey
- 4.🧺 Do we need baking soda for the fizzy balloon? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 5.🛟 Which safety rule fits the fizzy balloon experiment? (a) shake it near your face (b) put it in your mouth (c) keep it away from eyes (d) seal it in a glass jar
- 6.🔮 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
- 7.🧺 Which of these is needed for the fizzy balloon? (a) a mirror (b) a funnel or spoon (c) sugar (d) a comb
- 8.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the amount of vinegar (b) size of the balloon (c) spoons of baking soda
- 9.🫧 Is soap solution an acid, a base or neutral? (a) an acid (b) a base (c) neutral
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange juice (b) lemon juice (c) vinegar (d) plain water
- 11.🧺 Three of these are needed for the fizzy balloon. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a funnel or spoon (b) vinegar (c) a seed (d) a tray for spills
- 12.True or false: orange juice is an acid. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🧺 Do we need an empty bottle for the fizzy balloon? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 14.⚖️ 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
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) vinegar (b) lemon juice (c) baking soda water (d) curd
- 16.🧺 Three of these are needed for the fizzy balloon. Which one is NOT needed? (a) baking soda (b) a magnet (c) an empty bottle (d) a tray for spills
- 17.🔮 The fizzing stops after a while. Why? (a) the gas froze (b) an ingredient ran out (c) the balloon got cold (d) the bottle got tired
- 18.⚖️ 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
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange juice (b) sugar water (c) lemon juice (d) vinegar
- 20.🧺 Do we need a mirror for the fizzy balloon? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 21.True or false: vinegar is not needed for the fizzy balloon. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🫧 Which of these is an acid? (a) baking soda water (b) tamarind water (c) sugar water (d) soap solution
- 23.🧺 Which of these is needed for the fizzy balloon? (a) a seed (b) a mirror (c) vinegar (d) a battery cell
- 24.🫧 Which of these is a base? (a) detergent water (b) sugar water (c) lemon juice (d) vinegar
- 25.⚖️ 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
- 26.🧺 Which of these is needed for the fizzy balloon? (a) a seed (b) a magnet (c) a mirror (d) baking soda
- 27.True or false: a tray for spills is needed for the fizzy balloon. (a) False (b) True
- 28.True or false: a seed is needed for the fizzy balloon. (a) True (b) False
- 29.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? Which of these is what we measure? (a) spoons of baking soda (b) the same bottle (c) size of the balloon (d) the amount of vinegar
- 30.🫧 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
- 31.True or false: salt water is neutral. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🧺 Which of these is needed for the fizzy balloon? (a) a seed (b) a battery cell (c) an empty bottle (d) a mirror
- 33.🧺 Three of these are needed for the fizzy balloon. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a funnel or spoon (b) a battery cell (c) vinegar (d) baking soda
- 34.🫧 Which of these is neutral? (a) plain water (b) lemon juice (c) baking soda water (d) tamarind water
- 35.⚖️ 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 kind of balloon
- 36.🧺 Do we need a funnel or spoon for the fizzy balloon? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 37.True or false: a tray for spills is not needed for the fizzy balloon. (a) True (b) False
- 38.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the same bottle (b) spoons of baking soda (c) size of the balloon
- 39.🧺 Three of these are needed for the fizzy balloon. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a comb (b) a funnel or spoon (c) baking soda (d) a balloon
- 40.🧺 Do we need a comb for the fizzy balloon? (a) not needed (b) needed
Answer key
- soap solution
- rinse with clean water
- very little fizzing
- needed
- keep it away from eyes
- it grows bigger
- a funnel or spoon
- the amount of vinegar
- a base
- plain water
- a seed
- True
- needed
- we keep it the same
- baking soda water
- a magnet
- an ingredient ran out
- we keep it the same
- sugar water
- not needed
- False
- tamarind water
- vinegar
- detergent water
- True
- baking soda
- True
- False
- size of the balloon
- lots of fizzy bubbles
- True
- an empty bottle
- a battery cell
- plain water
- the kind of balloon
- needed
- False
- the same bottle
- a comb
- not needed
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