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.True or false: a balloon is needed for the yeast balloon. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🧺 Do we need a comb for the yeast balloon? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) salt (b) vinegar (c) a magnet (d) time
- 4.⚖️ Fair test — does yeast blow up the balloon more with warm water or cold water? True or false: the amount of sugar is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 5.⚖️ Fair test — does yeast blow up the balloon more with warm water or cold water? True or false: the water temperature is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🧺 Do we need sugar for the yeast balloon? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 7.⚖️ Fair test — does yeast blow up the balloon more with warm water or cold water? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the water temperature (b) size of the balloon (c) the amount of yeast (d) the same bottles
- 8.⚖️ Fair test — does yeast blow up the balloon more with warm water or cold water? True or false: the amount of sugar is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🍞 Does yeast need vinegar to make gas? (a) yeast needs it (b) yeast does not need it
- 10.🧺 Three of these are needed for the yeast balloon. Which one is NOT needed? (a) dry yeast (b) warm water (c) turmeric powder (d) sugar
- 11.🧺 Three of these are needed for the yeast balloon. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a balloon (b) sugar (c) a paper clip (d) warm water
- 12.📘 What is yeast? (a) a kind of stone (b) a tiny living fungus (c) a kind of salt (d) a kind of sugar
- 13.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the yeast balloon? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 14.🛟 After the yeast experiment, what should you do with the mixture? (a) put it in your mouth (b) keep it for a month (c) pour it down the sink (d) throw it at a wall
- 15.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the yeast balloon? (a) a balloon (b) warm water (c) a magnet (d) a small bottle
- 16.True or false: dry yeast is not needed for the yeast balloon. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🧺 Which of these is needed for the yeast balloon? (a) a paper clip (b) sugar (c) a magnet (d) a mirror
- 18.⚖️ 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 change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
- 19.🛟 The water for the yeast should be ___. (a) warm, not hot (b) ice cold (c) boiling hot (d) very salty
- 20.🍞 Does yeast need salt to make gas? (a) yeast needs it (b) yeast does not need it
- 21.⚖️ Fair test — does yeast blow up the balloon more with warm water or cold water? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the water temperature (b) the amount of water (c) size of the balloon
- 22.⚖️ Fair test — does yeast blow up the balloon more with warm water or cold water? True or false: size of the balloon is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
- 23.⚖️ 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 measure it (c) we change it
- 24.🧺 Three of these are needed for the yeast balloon. Which one is NOT needed? (a) dry yeast (b) warm water (c) sugar (d) a comb
- 25.🎈 What blows up the balloon in the yeast experiment? (a) steam (b) air from outside (c) carbon dioxide gas (d) smoke
- 26.⚖️ Fair test — does yeast blow up the balloon more with warm water or cold water? What do we do with “the amount of water”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
- 27.🧺 Which of these is needed for the yeast balloon? (a) turmeric powder (b) a battery cell (c) a small bottle (d) a magnet
- 28.⚖️ 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 same bottles (b) the amount of yeast (c) the water temperature (d) size of the balloon
- 29.True or false: warm water is needed for the yeast balloon. (a) False (b) True
- 30.True or false: a balloon is not needed for the yeast balloon. (a) True (b) False
- 31.True or false: time is something yeast does not need. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🧺 Three of these are needed for the yeast balloon. Which one is NOT needed? (a) warm water (b) a battery cell (c) a small bottle (d) sugar
- 33.🍞 Does yeast need time to make gas? (a) yeast does not need it (b) yeast needs it
- 34.🍞 Which of these is something yeast needs? (a) salt (b) vinegar (c) a magnet (d) sugar
- 35.⚖️ Fair test — does yeast blow up the balloon more with warm water or cold water? What do we do with “the same bottles”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
- 36.🍞 Which of these is something yeast needs? (a) warm water (b) vinegar (c) salt (d) a magnet
- 37.🍞 Which of these is something yeast does not need? (a) sugar (b) warm water (c) time (d) sunlight
- 38.⚖️ 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) True (b) False
- 39.🍞 Which of these is something yeast needs? (a) salt (b) time (c) sunlight (d) vinegar
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sugar (b) warm water (c) a magnet (d) time
Answer key
- True
- not needed
- time
- True
- True
- needed
- size of the balloon
- False
- yeast does not need it
- turmeric powder
- a paper clip
- a tiny living fungus
- needed
- pour it down the sink
- a magnet
- False
- sugar
- we change it
- warm, not hot
- yeast does not need it
- the amount of water
- True
- we keep it the same
- a comb
- carbon dioxide gas
- we keep it the same
- a small bottle
- the water temperature
- True
- False
- False
- a battery cell
- yeast needs it
- sugar
- we keep it the same
- warm water
- sunlight
- True
- time
- a magnet
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