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 more vinegar and more baking soda. What happens to the balloon? (a) it grows bigger (b) it turns blue (c) there is no change (d) it shrinks
- 2.🔮 Predict: you leave out the sugar. What happens to the balloon? (a) it grows much faster (b) it turns yellow (c) it bursts at once (d) it grows very little
- 3.🛟 Where should you keep the crystal dish while it dries? (a) in a busy doorway (b) on the edge of a table (c) next to the baby (d) safe from small children
- 4.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) folding paper (b) melting butter (c) cooking an egg (d) dissolving salt
- 5.🧺 Do we need an empty bottle for the fizzy balloon? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 6.🫧 Is orange juice an acid, a base or neutral? (a) an acid (b) a base (c) neutral
- 7.True or false: dipping the cotton bud is a job a child can do. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🫧 Which of these is an acid? (a) soap solution (b) baking soda water (c) salt water (d) vinegar
- 9.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the amount of vinegar (b) size of the balloon (c) spoons of baking soda (d) the kind of balloon
- 10.⚖️ Fair test — does lemon juice or orange juice make darker secret writing? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the ironing time (b) the iron setting (c) the kind of juice (d) the same cotton bud
- 11.🍋 Secret message: who does this step — cutting the lemon? (a) a child can do it (b) an adult does it
- 12.🧈 Can this change be undone: baking a cake? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 13.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the yeast balloon? (a) warm water (b) a magnet (c) a balloon (d) a small bottle
- 14.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a battery cell (b) a magnet (c) cold water to rinse (d) turmeric powder
- 15.⚖️ Fair test — does a cloth filter or a cotton filter give clearer water? True or false: the same muddy water is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 16.📘 The browning of lemon juice with heat is a ___ change. (a) magnetic (b) musical (c) chemical (d) physical
- 17.🫧 Is vinegar an acid, a base or neutral? (a) neutral (b) a base (c) an acid
- 18.🛟 The water for the yeast should be ___. (a) very salty (b) boiling hot (c) ice cold (d) warm, not hot
- 19.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: wet or dry cotton is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 20.📘 Is the fizzing a sign that a new substance is made? (a) no, nothing changes (b) it is only melting (c) it is only dissolving (d) yes, a new gas forms
- 21.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for the secret lemon message? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 22.True or false: milk turning to curd is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🔮 Predict: sprouts grow in the dark for a week. What colour are their leaves? (a) pale yellow (b) dark green (c) bright red (d) blue
- 24.⚖️ Fair test — which liquids turn turmeric paper reddish-brown? True or false: the liquid we test is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 25.📘 What is yeast? (a) a kind of salt (b) a tiny living fungus (c) a kind of stone (d) a kind of sugar
- 26.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? What do we do with “the same dish”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
- 27.True or false: a balloon is not needed for the yeast balloon. (a) False (b) True
- 28.True or false: a battery cell is needed for the yeast balloon. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🧺 Which of these is not needed for sprouting seeds? (a) a battery cell (b) moong seeds (c) a small bowl (d) water
- 30.🧈 Can this change be undone: milk turning to curd? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) warmth (b) air (c) water (d) soil
- 32.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? What do we do with “spoons of baking soda”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
- 33.True or false: sugar is not needed for a seed to sprout. (a) False (b) True
- 34.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting butter? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
- 35.🧺 Which of these is needed for the turmeric test? (a) water (b) a balloon (c) yeast (d) a battery cell
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting the paper dry (b) reading the message (c) writing the message (d) plugging in the iron
- 37.🧺 Do we need water for the turmeric test? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 38.🧺 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 magnet (d) sunlight
- 39.🧺 Do we need moong seeds for sprouting seeds? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 40.True or false: a clear plastic bag is not needed for the leafy bag test. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- it grows bigger
- it grows very little
- safe from small children
- cooking an egg
- needed
- an acid
- True
- vinegar
- spoons of baking soda
- the kind of juice
- an adult does it
- cannot be undone
- a magnet
- cold water to rinse
- True
- chemical
- an acid
- warm, not hot
- True
- yes, a new gas forms
- not needed
- False
- pale yellow
- False
- a tiny living fungus
- we keep it the same
- False
- False
- a battery cell
- cannot be undone
- soil
- we change it
- True
- can be undone
- water
- plugging in the iron
- needed
- a magnet
- needed
- False
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