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.True or false: a magnet is not needed for the fizzy balloon. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🔮 Predict: tea is poured through a strainer. What happens to the tea leaves? (a) both stay behind (b) leaves pass through (c) leaves stay behind (d) tea stays behind
- 3.⚖️ 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 iron setting
- 4.🔮 Predict: which gives more drops in the bag — a hot sunny day or a cool cloudy day? (a) neither of them (b) the cool cloudy day (c) both the same (d) the hot sunny day
- 5.🧺 Which of these is needed for the secret lemon message? (a) a magnet (b) white paper (c) a balloon (d) a mirror
- 6.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) butter lumps (b) cheese (c) ghee (d) still runny cream
- 7.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “time to make butter”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
- 8.⚖️ Fair test — does lemon juice or orange juice make darker secret writing? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the same paper (b) how dark the writing is (c) the kind of juice
- 9.🌱 Will these sprout: seeds on dry cotton? (a) does not sprout (b) sprouts
- 10.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: time to make butter is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 11.True or false: melting butter is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 12.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for the leafy bag test. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for the leafy bag test? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 14.📘 The browning of lemon juice with heat is a ___ change. (a) magnetic (b) musical (c) physical (d) chemical
- 15.🧂 Does food colour dissolve in water? (a) dissolves in water (b) does not dissolve
- 16.🍋 Why does the lemon writing turn brown with heat? (a) paper turns lemony (b) the iron is brown (c) the juice scorches first (d) heat adds colour
- 17.⚖️ Fair test — which liquids turn turmeric paper reddish-brown? True or false: the turmeric paper is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🧺 Which of these is needed for the fizzy balloon? (a) a battery cell (b) a magnet (c) vinegar (d) a mirror
- 19.🫗 Which of these is done by winnowing? (a) bran from wheat flour (b) chaff from wheat grain (c) bad grains from rice (d) gravel from fine sand
- 20.⚖️ 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 size of the plant (b) sun or shade (c) the kind of plant (d) the same kind of bag
- 21.True or false: plugging in the iron is a job for an adult. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a piece of string (b) salt (c) a mirror (d) a spoon
- 23.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a timer (c) yeast (d) a bowl
- 24.🌱 Will these sprout: wet seeds by a window? (a) sprouts (b) does not sprout
- 25.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the yeast balloon? (a) dry yeast (b) warm water (c) a small bottle (d) a mirror
- 26.🟡 Turmeric paper is dipped in soap solution. What colour does it turn? (a) green (b) it stays white (c) reddish-brown (d) bright blue
- 27.True or false: warm water is not needed for growing salt crystals. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🟡 Why does soap solution change turmeric’s colour? (a) soap is an acid (b) soap water is a base (c) soap is hot (d) soap is magnetic
- 29.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? True or false: the amount of salt is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 30.⚖️ Fair test — does a plant in the sun give out more water than one in the shade? What do we do with “the size of the plant”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
- 31.🌱 Which of these is needed for a seed to sprout? (a) sunlight (b) sugar (c) air (d) soil
- 32.⚖️ 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) amount of water drops (c) the time we wait
- 33.🫧 Which of these is an acid? (a) detergent water (b) soap solution (c) tamarind water (d) plain water
- 34.🔮 Can the brown writing go back to being invisible? (a) yes, in the dark (b) yes, if shaken (c) yes, if cooled (d) no, it stays brown
- 35.🧺 Do we need a potted plant for the leafy bag test? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 36.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it takes much longer (b) it makes salt (c) it turns pink (d) it is much faster
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sugar water (b) lemon juice (c) soap solution (d) tamarind water
- 38.🫗 Which of these is done by winnowing? (a) bran from wheat flour (b) salt from sea water (c) gravel from fine sand (d) husk from rice grain
- 39.🍋 A reddish turmeric spot gets a few drops of lemon juice. What happens? (a) it turns yellow again (b) it turns darker red (c) it turns blue (d) it disappears
- 40.🌱 Which of these is needed for a seed to sprout? (a) sunlight (b) soil (c) sugar (d) water
Answer key
- True
- leaves stay behind
- the iron setting
- the hot sunny day
- white paper
- still runny cream
- we measure it
- the same paper
- does not sprout
- False
- True
- True
- not needed
- chemical
- dissolves in water
- the juice scorches first
- False
- vinegar
- chaff from wheat grain
- sun or shade
- True
- a mirror
- yeast
- sprouts
- a mirror
- reddish-brown
- False
- soap water is a base
- True
- we keep it the same
- air
- the time we wait
- tamarind water
- no, it stays brown
- needed
- it takes much longer
- soap solution
- husk from rice grain
- it turns yellow again
- water
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