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 paper clip is needed for the yeast balloon. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🍞 Does yeast need a magnet to make gas? (a) yeast needs it (b) yeast does not need it
- 3.⚖️ 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) the amount of yeast (c) size of the balloon (d) the amount of water
- 4.🍞 Which of these is something yeast needs? (a) sugar (b) sunlight (c) salt (d) vinegar
- 5.⚖️ 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 yeast (c) size of the balloon
- 6.⚖️ 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 change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
- 7.True or false: time is something yeast needs. (a) False (b) True
- 8.⚖️ Fair test — does yeast blow up the balloon more with warm water or cold water? True or false: the same bottles is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 9.⚖️ Fair test — does yeast blow up the balloon more with warm water or cold water? True or false: the amount of water is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🍞 Does yeast need sunlight to make gas? (a) yeast needs it (b) yeast does not need it
- 11.⚖️ 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) size of the balloon (b) the amount of sugar (c) the water temperature (d) the amount of water
- 12.🍞 Which of these is something yeast does not need? (a) time (b) sugar (c) warm water (d) sunlight
- 13.🛟 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
- 14.🧺 Which of these is needed for the yeast balloon? (a) a small bottle (b) a magnet (c) a paper clip (d) turmeric powder
- 15.True or false: turmeric powder is needed for the yeast balloon. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the yeast balloon? (a) a small bottle (b) a balloon (c) turmeric powder (d) dry yeast
- 17.True or false: a magnet is something yeast needs. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🧺 Three of these are needed for the yeast balloon. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a battery cell (b) sugar (c) dry yeast (d) warm water
- 19.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the yeast balloon? (a) a magnet (b) warm water (c) a balloon (d) dry yeast
- 20.🍞 Which of these is something yeast needs? (a) a magnet (b) warm water (c) sunlight (d) vinegar
- 21.🔮 Predict: you leave out the sugar. What happens to the balloon? (a) it turns yellow (b) it grows very little (c) it grows much faster (d) it bursts at once
- 22.⚖️ 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 measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
- 23.🍞 Does yeast need warm water to make gas? (a) yeast does not need it (b) yeast needs it
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) warm water (b) time (c) sugar (d) a magnet
- 25.⚖️ 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
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) vinegar (b) sunlight (c) salt (d) time
- 27.True or false: sugar is not needed for the yeast balloon. (a) False (b) True
- 28.⚖️ 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) False (b) True
- 29.🍞 Does yeast need time to make gas? (a) yeast does not need it (b) yeast needs it
- 30.True or false: a paper clip is not needed for the yeast balloon. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🍞 Which of these is something yeast does not need? (a) warm water (b) salt (c) sugar (d) time
- 32.🧺 Three of these are needed for the yeast balloon. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a balloon (b) dry yeast (c) sugar (d) a mirror
- 33.🧺 Three of these are needed for the yeast balloon. Which one is NOT needed? (a) dry yeast (b) a magnet (c) warm water (d) a balloon
- 34.🔮 Predict (do not try it): yeast is put in boiling water. What happens? (a) it turns to sugar (b) it glows (c) it grows faster (d) the yeast is killed
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) salt (b) warm water (c) time (d) sugar
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sunlight (b) time (c) warm water (d) sugar
- 37.⚖️ Fair test — does yeast blow up the balloon more with warm water or cold water? True or false: the same bottles is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the yeast balloon? (a) a small bottle (b) a balloon (c) a paper clip (d) warm water
- 39.🧺 Three of these are needed for the yeast balloon. Which one is NOT needed? (a) warm water (b) sugar (c) a paper clip (d) a balloon
- 40.True or false: salt is something yeast does not need. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- False
- yeast does not need it
- size of the balloon
- sugar
- the amount of yeast
- we keep it the same
- True
- False
- False
- yeast does not need it
- the water temperature
- sunlight
- pour it down the sink
- a small bottle
- False
- turmeric powder
- False
- a battery cell
- a magnet
- warm water
- it grows very little
- we measure it
- yeast needs it
- a magnet
- we keep it the same
- time
- False
- True
- yeast needs it
- True
- salt
- a mirror
- a magnet
- the yeast is killed
- salt
- sunlight
- True
- a paper clip
- a paper clip
- True
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