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 neutral? (a) vinegar (b) detergent water (c) plain water (d) orange juice
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lemon juice (b) orange juice (c) tamarind water (d) baking soda water
- 3.True or false: sugar water is a base. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🛟 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
- 5.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? What do we do with “the same bottle”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
- 6.🫧 Is salt water an acid, a base or neutral? (a) an acid (b) neutral (c) a base
- 7.True or false: sugar is needed for the fizzy balloon. (a) True (b) False
- 8.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? What do we do with “spoons of baking soda”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
- 9.🫧 Which of these is an acid? (a) salt water (b) baking soda water (c) lemon juice (d) detergent water
- 10.True or false: lemon juice is an acid. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🫧 Is soap solution an acid, a base or neutral? (a) neutral (b) an acid (c) a base
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lemon juice (b) detergent water (c) orange juice (d) vinegar
- 13.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) size of the balloon (b) the kind of balloon (c) the amount of vinegar (d) spoons of baking soda
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) detergent water (b) baking soda water (c) soap solution (d) lemon juice
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) curd (b) sugar water (c) tamarind water (d) orange juice
- 16.🧺 Do we need sugar for the fizzy balloon? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 17.🧺 Three of these are needed for the fizzy balloon. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a tray for spills (b) a battery cell (c) baking soda (d) a funnel or spoon
- 18.🧺 Three of these are needed for the fizzy balloon. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a seed (b) a funnel or spoon (c) vinegar (d) a tray for spills
- 19.True or false: a seed is needed for the fizzy balloon. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🔮 The fizzing stops after a while. Why? (a) the balloon got cold (b) the bottle got tired (c) the gas froze (d) an ingredient ran out
- 21.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the fizzy balloon? (a) an empty bottle (b) a comb (c) vinegar (d) a balloon
- 22.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for the fizzy balloon? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 23.🧺 Which of these is needed for the fizzy balloon? (a) a magnet (b) a mirror (c) a tray for spills (d) a battery cell
- 24.🫧 Which of these is a base? (a) orange juice (b) lemon juice (c) detergent water (d) curd
- 25.True or false: an empty bottle is needed for the fizzy balloon. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🔮 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
- 27.🫧 Is curd an acid, a base or neutral? (a) a base (b) an acid (c) neutral
- 28.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? True or false: the same bottle is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
- 29.True or false: plain water is neutral. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🧺 Do we need baking soda for the fizzy balloon? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 31.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? What do we do with “the kind of balloon”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
- 32.🧺 Three of these are needed for the fizzy balloon. Which one is NOT needed? (a) vinegar (b) baking soda (c) an empty bottle (d) a magnet
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) soap solution (b) orange juice (c) detergent water (d) baking soda water
- 34.🔮 Predict: you use more vinegar and more baking soda. What happens to the balloon? (a) it turns blue (b) it shrinks (c) it grows bigger (d) there is no change
- 35.True or false: orange juice is a base. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🫧 Which of these is neutral? (a) salt water (b) soap solution (c) orange juice (d) detergent water
- 37.True or false: baking soda water is a base. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🫧 Which of these is a base? (a) sugar water (b) salt water (c) lemon juice (d) soap solution
- 39.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? What do we do with “size of the balloon”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
- 40.True or false: a battery cell is not needed for the fizzy balloon. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- plain water
- baking soda water
- False
- rinse with clean water
- we keep it the same
- neutral
- False
- we change it
- lemon juice
- True
- a base
- detergent water
- spoons of baking soda
- lemon juice
- sugar water
- not needed
- a battery cell
- a seed
- False
- an ingredient ran out
- a comb
- not needed
- a tray for spills
- detergent water
- True
- very little fizzing
- an acid
- False
- True
- needed
- we keep it the same
- a magnet
- orange juice
- it grows bigger
- False
- salt water
- True
- soap solution
- we measure it
- True
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