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.🛟 Who should use the hot iron in the secret message experiment? (a) whoever is fastest (b) only an adult (c) any child (d) the youngest child
- 2.🍞 Does yeast need warm water to make gas? (a) yeast does not need it (b) yeast needs it
- 3.True or false: letting the paper dry is a job a child can do. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the secret lemon message? (a) an adult with an iron (b) a small bowl (c) a battery cell (d) a cotton bud
- 5.⚖️ Fair test — do salt crystals form faster on a sunny windowsill or in a shady cupboard? Which of these is what we measure? (a) sunny or shady place (b) the same dish (c) the amount of salt (d) days to see crystals
- 6.⚖️ Fair test — does a plant in the sun give out more water than one in the shade? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the kind of plant (b) the same kind of bag (c) amount of water drops (d) the time we wait
- 7.⚖️ Fair test — does a plant in the sun give out more water than one in the shade? What do we do with “sun or shade”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
- 8.🛟 What should you do if vinegar splashes in your eye? (a) rinse with clean water (b) ignore it (c) add baking soda (d) rub it hard
- 9.True or false: lemon juice is not needed for the secret lemon message. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🌱 Which of these sprouts in a few days? (a) boiled seeds (b) seeds in the freezer (c) seeds on wet cotton (d) seeds on dry cotton
- 11.True or false: a few days is needed for sprouting seeds. (a) False (b) True
- 12.True or false: a magnet is not needed for the leafy bag test. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🫗 Muddy water is poured through a cloth filter. What stays on the cloth? (a) the water (b) the mud (c) nothing (d) the salt
- 14.⚖️ Fair test — does lemon juice or orange juice make darker secret writing? True or false: the ironing time is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 15.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) water (b) moong seeds (c) a balloon (d) a few days
- 16.📘 Vinegar is an acid and baking soda is a base. What happens when they meet? (a) they become magnets (b) they freeze (c) they float apart (d) they react
- 17.True or false: melting ice is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 18.True or false: yeast is not needed for the leafy bag test. (a) False (b) True
- 19.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? True or false: the same bottle is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 20.True or false: ironing the paper is a job for an adult. (a) False (b) True
- 21.True or false: a shallow dish is not needed for growing salt crystals. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🧂 Why do we stir in salt until no more will dissolve? (a) to change its colour (b) to make it fizz (c) to cool the water (d) to make it very salty
- 23.🧺 Which of these is needed for the fizzy balloon? (a) a balloon (b) a mirror (c) a battery cell (d) a comb
- 24.⚖️ Fair test — which liquids turn turmeric paper reddish-brown? True or false: the liquid we test is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🔮 Predict: which gives more drops in the bag — a hot sunny day or a cool cloudy day? (a) the hot sunny day (b) the cool cloudy day (c) both the same (d) neither of them
- 26.🧂 Which of these does not dissolve in water? (a) glucose powder (b) food colour (c) sugar (d) cooking oil
- 27.🧈 Can this change be undone: cooking an egg? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 28.True or false: milk turning to curd is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🧺 Three of these are needed for growing salt crystals. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a mirror (b) a spoon (c) a shallow dish (d) salt
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) food colour (b) cooking oil (c) sugar (d) baking soda
- 31.🛟 What should you do after handling muddy water? (a) wash hands afterwards (b) nothing is needed (c) lick your fingers (d) wipe hands on face
- 32.True or false: a balloon is needed for the fizzy balloon. (a) False (b) True
- 33.True or false: bran from wheat flour is done by sieving. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🧺 Which of these is needed for growing salt crystals? (a) a battery cell (b) a magnet (c) a mirror (d) a piece of string
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) glucose powder (b) chalk powder (c) food colour (d) table salt
- 36.⚖️ Fair test — does more baking soda blow the balloon up bigger? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the kind of balloon (b) size of the balloon (c) spoons of baking soda
- 37.True or false: vinegar is not needed for the fizzy balloon. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🟡 Turmeric paper meets baking soda water. What happens? (a) stays yellow (b) turns reddish-brown
- 39.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the turmeric test? (a) lemon juice (b) a balloon (c) water (d) soap solution
- 40.🔮 Predict: you filter salty water through cloth. Does the salt stay on the cloth? (a) it turns to sand (b) yes, all of it (c) no, salt passes through (d) it turns to sugar
Answer key
- only an adult
- yeast needs it
- True
- a battery cell
- days to see crystals
- amount of water drops
- we change it
- rinse with clean water
- False
- seeds on wet cotton
- True
- True
- the mud
- True
- a balloon
- they react
- False
- True
- False
- True
- False
- to make it very salty
- a balloon
- False
- the hot sunny day
- cooking oil
- cannot be undone
- True
- a mirror
- cooking oil
- wash hands afterwards
- True
- True
- a piece of string
- chalk powder
- the kind of balloon
- False
- turns reddish-brown
- a balloon
- no, salt passes through
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