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