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.🧺 Three of these are needed for the leafy bag test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a clear plastic bag (b) sunlight (c) turmeric powder (d) a few hours
- 2.True or false: sunlight is not needed for the leafy bag test. (a) True (b) False
- 3.🧺 Three of these are needed for the leafy bag test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a few hours (b) a potted plant (c) a mirror (d) a rubber band
- 4.🫧 Is detergent water an acid, a base or neutral? (a) neutral (b) an acid (c) a base
- 5.⚖️ Fair test — which liquids turn turmeric paper reddish-brown? True or false: the number of drops is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🪴 Which part of a plant does this job: make food in sunlight? (a) flower (b) roots (c) leaves (d) stem
- 7.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: how hard we shake is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🫧 Which of these is neutral? (a) plain water (b) soap solution (c) vinegar (d) detergent water
- 9.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the kind of seeds (b) wet or dry cotton (c) how many seeds sprout (d) the number of seeds
- 10.True or false: sugar water turns turmeric reddish-brown. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🧺 Which of these is needed for the muddy water filter? (a) yeast (b) a funnel (c) a mirror (d) a magnet
- 12.True or false: a battery cell is not needed for the leafy bag test. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🧺 Which of these is needed for the leafy bag test? (a) vinegar (b) a battery cell (c) a clear plastic bag (d) a mirror
- 14.🍞 Which of these is something yeast does not need? (a) warm water (b) a magnet (c) time (d) sugar
- 15.True or false: a magnet is needed for the fizzy balloon. (a) True (b) False
- 16.📘 The browning of lemon juice with heat is a ___ change. (a) chemical (b) magnetic (c) musical (d) physical
- 17.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) thick whipped cream (b) clear water (c) ice (d) powder
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sand (b) food colour (c) sugar (d) glucose powder
- 19.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a magnet (b) yeast (c) turmeric powder (d) a jar with a tight lid
- 20.⚖️ Fair test — does lemon juice or orange juice make darker secret writing? True or false: the kind of juice is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🍞 Which of these is something yeast does not need? (a) sugar (b) time (c) warm water (d) vinegar
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) soil (b) air (c) water (d) warmth
- 23.🍋 What colour does the lemon writing turn when an adult warms it? (a) blue (b) white (c) brown (d) green
- 24.🧺 Three of these are needed for the turmeric test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) soap solution (b) white paper strips (c) a battery cell (d) a dropper or spoon
- 25.True or false: dissolving salt is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 26.⚖️ Fair test — which liquids turn turmeric paper reddish-brown? What do we do with “the light we look in”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
- 27.🫗 Which of these is done by evaporating? (a) chaff from wheat grain (b) gravel from fine sand (c) bad grains from rice (d) sugar from sugar water
- 28.True or false: a paper clip is needed for the yeast balloon. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🧺 Which of these is needed for the fizzy balloon? (a) a comb (b) a magnet (c) sugar (d) an empty bottle
- 30.🧂 What shape are table salt crystals under a magnifying glass? (a) tiny stars (b) tiny triangles (c) tiny spheres (d) tiny cubes
- 31.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the amount of vinegar (b) the same bottle (c) spoons of baking soda (d) size of the balloon
- 32.⚖️ Fair test — does lemon juice or orange juice make darker secret writing? Which of these is kept the same? (a) how dark the writing is (b) the kind of juice (c) the same paper
- 33.🍋 Which of these steps is a job a child can do? (a) plugging in the iron (b) ironing the paper (c) dipping the cotton bud (d) putting the iron away
- 34.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the secret lemon message? (a) lemon juice (b) a small bowl (c) an adult with an iron (d) a magnet
- 35.⚖️ Fair test — does a cloth filter or a cotton filter give clearer water? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the amount poured (b) how clear the water is (c) the same glass (d) the filter material
- 36.🧺 Which of these is needed for the turmeric test? (a) a balloon (b) a dropper or spoon (c) a mirror (d) a magnet
- 37.🔮 Predict: you filter salty water through cloth. Does the salt stay on the cloth? (a) no, salt passes through (b) yes, all of it (c) it turns to sugar (d) it turns to sand
- 38.🧈 Can this change be undone: milk turning to curd? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
- 39.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the fizzy balloon? (a) vinegar (b) sugar (c) baking soda (d) a balloon
- 40.🫧 Is orange juice an acid, a base or neutral? (a) neutral (b) a base (c) an acid
Answer key
- turmeric powder
- False
- a mirror
- a base
- True
- leaves
- True
- plain water
- wet or dry cotton
- False
- a funnel
- True
- a clear plastic bag
- a magnet
- False
- chemical
- thick whipped cream
- sand
- a jar with a tight lid
- True
- vinegar
- soil
- brown
- a battery cell
- False
- we keep it the same
- sugar from sugar water
- False
- an empty bottle
- tiny cubes
- size of the balloon
- the same paper
- dipping the cotton bud
- a magnet
- how clear the water is
- a dropper or spoon
- no, salt passes through
- cannot be undone
- sugar
- an acid
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