Kitchen Chemistry Experiments Test Worksheet
What you do (Find the experiment, use the idea): 1. Read the question and find its experiment. 2. Use that experiment’s idea — acid and base, indicator colours, chemical change, what seeds and yeast need, transpiration, crystals or filtering. 3. For a fair-test question, find what is changed, kept the same and measured. 4. For a safety question, choose what keeps everyone safe.
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- 1.🔮 Predict: you use plain water instead of vinegar. What happens? (a) a huge eruption (b) the balloon bursts (c) it turns to honey (d) very little fizzing
- 2.🔮 Predict: sprouts grow in the dark for a week. What colour are their leaves? (a) pale yellow (b) blue (c) dark green (d) bright red
- 3.🍋 Secret message: who does this step — plugging in the iron? (a) a child can do it (b) an adult does it
- 4.🛟 How should the plastic bag be tied around the branch? (a) with sharp wire (b) with a hot glue gun (c) as tight as possible (d) gently, not too tight
- 5.🍋 Which of these steps is a job a child can do? (a) cutting the lemon (b) ironing the paper (c) dipping the cotton bud (d) putting the iron away
- 6.🔮 Predict: you tie a bag on a branch with no leaves. Will it collect much water? (a) much less water (b) much more water (c) it fills with soil (d) exactly the same
- 7.🟡 Turmeric paper meets plain water. What happens? (a) turns reddish-brown (b) stays yellow
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting ice (b) dissolving salt (c) milk turning to curd (d) folding paper
- 9.⚖️ Fair test — does a plant in the sun give out more water than one in the shade? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the same kind of bag (b) the size of the plant (c) the kind of plant (d) sun or shade
- 10.True or false: a funnel or spoon is not needed for the fizzy balloon. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🧺 Which of these is needed for the secret lemon message? (a) a mirror (b) a battery cell (c) a balloon (d) a cotton bud
- 12.True or false: soap solution is not needed for the turmeric test. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🍞 Which of these is something yeast needs? (a) salt (b) sunlight (c) warm water (d) vinegar
- 14.🪴 Which part of a plant does this job: take in water from soil? (a) leaves (b) stem (c) roots (d) flower
- 15.True or false: bran from wheat flour is done by evaporating. (a) False (b) True
- 16.🛟 Some seeds from shops are coated with chemicals. What is the safe rule? (a) eat a few to check (b) never put seeds in mouth (c) feed them to pets (d) throw them at friends
- 17.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “how hard we shake”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
- 18.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: how hard we shake is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 19.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “time to make butter”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
- 20.🍋 Secret message: who does this step — ironing the paper? (a) an adult does it (b) a child can do it
- 21.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) yeast (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) turmeric powder (d) a balloon
- 22.🧺 Do we need cotton or cloth for the muddy water filter? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 23.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it takes much longer (b) it turns pink (c) it makes salt (d) it is much faster
- 24.🧺 Which of these is needed for the leafy bag test? (a) turmeric powder (b) a battery cell (c) a potted plant (d) a magnet
- 25.⚖️ 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 measure it (c) we keep it the same
- 26.🌱 Will these sprout: wet seeds in the dark? (a) sprouts (b) does not sprout
- 27.🛟 Who should use the hot iron in the secret message experiment? (a) the youngest child (b) any child (c) only an adult (d) whoever is fastest
- 28.⚖️ Fair test — does yeast blow up the balloon more with warm water or cold water? True or false: the amount of yeast is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🫗 Which of these is done by winnowing? (a) husk from rice grain (b) tea leaves from tea (c) gravel from fine sand (d) small stones from dal
- 30.🔮 Predict: you write with plain water instead of lemon juice. What appears after ironing? (a) almost nothing (b) blue words (c) a rainbow (d) dark brown words
- 31.🫗 How do we separate small stones from dal? (a) evaporating (b) sieving (c) winnowing (d) handpicking
- 32.🔮 Predict: a plant gets no water for many days in summer. What happens? (a) it flowers more (b) it grows faster (c) it wilts and droops (d) it turns blue
- 33.🪴 Which of these is a job of the leaves? (a) hold the plant in soil (b) take in water from soil (c) make seeds (d) make food in sunlight
- 34.⚖️ Fair test — does lemon juice or orange juice make darker secret writing? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the kind of juice (b) the same cotton bud (c) the iron setting (d) how dark the writing is
- 35.⚖️ Fair test — does lemon juice or orange juice make darker secret writing? What do we do with “the ironing time”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
- 36.⚖️ Fair test — does a cloth filter or a cotton filter give clearer water? True or false: the same glass is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 37.⚖️ Fair test — does a plant in the sun give out more water than one in the shade? True or false: sun or shade is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
- 38.True or false: sugar is something yeast does not need. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a small bowl (b) cotton wool (c) moong seeds (d) a balloon
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sugar water (b) baking soda water (c) plain water (d) salt water
Answer key
- very little fizzing
- pale yellow
- an adult does it
- gently, not too tight
- dipping the cotton bud
- much less water
- stays yellow
- milk turning to curd
- sun or shade
- False
- a cotton bud
- False
- warm water
- roots
- False
- never put seeds in mouth
- we keep it the same
- False
- we measure it
- an adult does it
- a jar with a tight lid
- needed
- it takes much longer
- a potted plant
- we keep it the same
- sprouts
- only an adult
- False
- husk from rice grain
- almost nothing
- handpicking
- it wilts and droops
- make food in sunlight
- the kind of juice
- we keep it the same
- True
- False
- False
- a balloon
- baking soda water
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