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.🛟 Which rule keeps the turmeric test safe? (a) sip each liquid (b) sniff each bottle hard (c) mix bathroom cleaners (d) use only kitchen items
- 2.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the secret lemon message? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 3.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? What do we do with “the same place”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
- 4.True or false: a mirror is needed for the turmeric test. (a) True (b) False
- 5.True or false: vinegar is not needed for the fizzy balloon. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) soap solution (b) vinegar (c) tamarind water (d) lemon juice
- 7.🧺 Do we need cotton or cloth for the muddy water filter? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 8.🍋 Secret message: who does this step — dipping the cotton bud? (a) a child can do it (b) an adult does it
- 9.True or false: give out water vapour is a job of the leaves. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🔮 Predict: tea is poured through a strainer. What happens to the tea leaves? (a) leaves stay behind (b) tea stays behind (c) leaves pass through (d) both stay behind
- 11.🫧 Is detergent water an acid, a base or neutral? (a) neutral (b) an acid (c) a base
- 12.🧂 Which of these dissolves in water? (a) chalk powder (b) food colour (c) sand (d) small pebbles
- 13.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? True or false: days to see crystals is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for the turmeric test? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 15.🧺 Which of these is needed for the yeast balloon? (a) a magnet (b) turmeric powder (c) a comb (d) dry yeast
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting the paper dry (b) reading the message (c) cutting the lemon (d) writing the message
- 17.🧺 Do we need a potted plant for the leafy bag test? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 18.🪴 Which part of a plant does this job: make seeds? (a) leaves (b) roots (c) flower (d) stem
- 19.🌱 Which of these is needed for a seed to sprout? (a) sugar (b) sunlight (c) warmth (d) soil
- 20.📘 What do we call a solution that cannot dissolve any more salt? (a) saturated (b) empty (c) magnetic (d) frozen
- 21.True or false: a balloon is not needed for the fizzy balloon. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🫧 Which gas fills the balloon in the baking soda and vinegar experiment? (a) helium (b) hydrogen (c) oxygen (d) carbon dioxide
- 23.True or false: sugar is not needed for the fizzy balloon. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🧺 Three of these are needed for the secret lemon message. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a cotton bud (b) turmeric powder (c) lemon juice (d) white paper
- 25.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the muddy water filter? (a) muddy water (b) yeast (c) a funnel (d) cotton or cloth
- 26.🧺 Which of these is needed for the leafy bag test? (a) a battery cell (b) a potted plant (c) turmeric powder (d) yeast
- 27.🛟 How should the plastic bag be tied around the branch? (a) gently, not too tight (b) with sharp wire (c) with a hot glue gun (d) as tight as possible
- 28.True or false: melting butter is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 29.⚖️ Fair test — does a plant in the sun give out more water than one in the shade? Which of these is kept the same? (a) sun or shade (b) the same kind of bag (c) amount of water drops
- 30.🌱 Is air needed for a seed to sprout? (a) needed to sprout (b) not needed to sprout
- 31.🧺 Do we need a jar with a tight lid for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 32.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the same jar is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🧈 Can this change be undone: milk turning to curd? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
- 34.🧂 Does food colour dissolve in water? (a) does not dissolve (b) dissolves in water
- 35.🧺 Three of these are needed for the muddy water filter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) yeast (b) a clean glass (c) sand and pebbles (d) a funnel
- 36.🍞 Which of these is something yeast does not need? (a) time (b) sugar (c) warm water (d) sunlight
- 37.True or false: a balloon is not needed for the turmeric test. (a) False (b) True
- 38.⚖️ Fair test — which liquids turn turmeric paper reddish-brown? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the liquid we test (b) the turmeric paper (c) the colour we see
- 39.🔮 Predict: you write with plain water instead of lemon juice. What appears after ironing? (a) blue words (b) a rainbow (c) almost nothing (d) dark brown words
- 40.⚖️ Fair test — does lemon juice or orange juice make darker secret writing? What do we do with “the kind of juice”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
Answer key
- use only kitchen items
- not needed
- we keep it the same
- False
- False
- soap solution
- needed
- a child can do it
- True
- leaves stay behind
- a base
- food colour
- True
- needed
- dry yeast
- cutting the lemon
- needed
- flower
- warmth
- saturated
- False
- carbon dioxide
- True
- turmeric powder
- yeast
- a potted plant
- gently, not too tight
- True
- the same kind of bag
- needed to sprout
- needed
- False
- cannot be undone
- dissolves in water
- yeast
- sunlight
- True
- the turmeric paper
- almost nothing
- we change it
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