Yeast Balloon Experiment Worksheet
What you do (Yeast is alive): 1. Pour warm (not hot) water into the bottle — an adult checks it. 2. Add the yeast and the sugar and swirl gently. 3. Stretch the balloon over the bottle’s mouth. 4. Wait 30 minutes, measure the balloon, then pour the mixture away and wash up.
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- 1.🛟 After the yeast experiment, what should you do with the mixture? (a) put it in your mouth (b) keep it for a month (c) throw it at a wall (d) pour it down the sink
- 2.🧺 Three of these are needed for the yeast balloon. Which one is NOT needed? (a) sugar (b) a small bottle (c) a battery cell (d) dry yeast
- 3.🍞 Which of these is something yeast does not need? (a) sugar (b) a magnet (c) time (d) warm water
- 4.🧺 Which of these is needed for the yeast balloon? (a) a magnet (b) a battery cell (c) turmeric powder (d) a balloon
- 5.🍞 Does yeast need warm water to make gas? (a) yeast does not need it (b) yeast needs it
- 6.⚖️ Fair test — does yeast blow up the balloon more with warm water or cold water? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the amount of yeast (b) the water temperature (c) the amount of sugar (d) the amount of water
- 7.True or false: a balloon is not needed for the yeast balloon. (a) False (b) True
- 8.⚖️ Fair test — does yeast blow up the balloon more with warm water or cold water? What do we do with “the water temperature”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
- 9.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the yeast balloon? (a) dry yeast (b) a balloon (c) sugar (d) a magnet
- 10.🍞 Which of these is something yeast needs? (a) a magnet (b) time (c) salt (d) vinegar
- 11.⚖️ Fair test — does yeast blow up the balloon more with warm water or cold water? True or false: the amount of yeast is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🧺 Three of these are needed for the yeast balloon. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a small bottle (b) turmeric powder (c) warm water (d) a balloon
- 13.📘 What is yeast? (a) a kind of stone (b) a kind of salt (c) a tiny living fungus (d) a kind of sugar
- 14.True or false: sunlight is something yeast needs. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🍞 Does yeast need time to make gas? (a) yeast does not need it (b) yeast needs it
- 16.🍞 Which of these is something yeast does not need? (a) sugar (b) time (c) warm water (d) vinegar
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sugar (b) salt (c) time (d) warm water
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) warm water (b) vinegar (c) sunlight (d) salt
- 19.⚖️ Fair test — does yeast blow up the balloon more with warm water or cold water? True or false: the amount of sugar is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🧺 Do we need dry yeast for the yeast balloon? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 21.⚖️ Fair test — does yeast blow up the balloon more with warm water or cold water? True or false: the amount of water is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🧺 Three of these are needed for the yeast balloon. Which one is NOT needed? (a) warm water (b) sugar (c) a small bottle (d) a magnet
- 23.⚖️ Fair test — does yeast blow up the balloon more with warm water or cold water? What do we do with “the amount of yeast”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
- 24.⚖️ Fair test — does yeast blow up the balloon more with warm water or cold water? What do we do with “size of the balloon”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
- 25.True or false: vinegar is something yeast needs. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🧺 Do we need sugar for the yeast balloon? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sunlight (b) time (c) vinegar (d) a magnet
- 28.⚖️ Fair test — does yeast blow up the balloon more with warm water or cold water? What do we do with “the amount of sugar”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
- 29.True or false: a mirror is not needed for the yeast balloon. (a) False (b) True
- 30.True or false: a small bottle is not needed for the yeast balloon. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🍞 Why does yeast work slowly in cold water? (a) cold water is heavy (b) cold slows yeast down (c) cold makes it pink (d) cold kills sugar
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) warm water (b) time (c) sugar (d) sunlight
- 33.🧺 Which of these is needed for the yeast balloon? (a) a comb (b) turmeric powder (c) a magnet (d) dry yeast
- 34.⚖️ Fair test — does yeast blow up the balloon more with warm water or cold water? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the amount of water (b) size of the balloon (c) the water temperature (d) the amount of yeast
- 35.⚖️ Fair test — does yeast blow up the balloon more with warm water or cold water? True or false: the same bottles is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🍞 Which of these is something yeast does not need? (a) warm water (b) sugar (c) time (d) salt
- 37.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the yeast balloon? (a) a comb (b) dry yeast (c) a small bottle (d) a balloon
- 38.True or false: sunlight is something yeast does not need. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🧺 Three of these are needed for the yeast balloon. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a small bottle (b) a comb (c) sugar (d) dry yeast
- 40.🧺 Do we need a small bottle for the yeast balloon? (a) needed (b) not needed
Answer key
- pour it down the sink
- a battery cell
- a magnet
- a balloon
- yeast needs it
- the water temperature
- False
- we change it
- a magnet
- time
- False
- turmeric powder
- a tiny living fungus
- False
- yeast needs it
- vinegar
- salt
- warm water
- False
- needed
- True
- a magnet
- we keep it the same
- we measure it
- False
- needed
- time
- we keep it the same
- True
- False
- cold slows yeast down
- sunlight
- dry yeast
- size of the balloon
- False
- salt
- a comb
- True
- a comb
- needed
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