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: warm water is needed for the yeast balloon. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🧺 Do we need a mirror for the yeast balloon? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 3.True or false: sunlight is something yeast does not need. (a) True (b) False
- 4.⚖️ 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 sugar (b) size of the balloon (c) the same bottles (d) the water temperature
- 5.🧺 Three of these are needed for the yeast balloon. Which one is NOT needed? (a) dry yeast (b) warm water (c) a small bottle (d) turmeric powder
- 6.⚖️ Fair test — does yeast blow up the balloon more with warm water or cold water? Which of these is kept the same? (a) size of the balloon (b) the water temperature (c) the amount of yeast
- 7.⚖️ 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
- 8.True or false: a comb is needed for the yeast balloon. (a) True (b) False
- 9.⚖️ Fair test — does yeast blow up the balloon more with warm water or cold water? True or false: the water temperature is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🧺 Three of these are needed for the yeast balloon. Which one is NOT needed? (a) sugar (b) a balloon (c) dry yeast (d) a mirror
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a magnet (b) time (c) sugar (d) warm water
- 12.🧺 Three of these are needed for the yeast balloon. Which one is NOT needed? (a) warm water (b) a magnet (c) sugar (d) a balloon
- 13.True or false: salt is something yeast needs. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🍞 Which of these is something yeast does not need? (a) warm water (b) time (c) vinegar (d) sugar
- 15.⚖️ 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 measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
- 16.🍞 Does yeast need warm water to make gas? (a) yeast needs it (b) yeast does not need it
- 17.🧺 Which of these is needed for the yeast balloon? (a) a battery cell (b) a mirror (c) warm water (d) a comb
- 18.True or false: warm water is not needed for the yeast balloon. (a) True (b) False
- 19.True or false: a magnet is not needed for the yeast balloon. (a) False (b) True
- 20.⚖️ 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
- 21.🧺 Do we need a comb for the yeast balloon? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 22.⚖️ 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 change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
- 23.🛟 The water for the yeast should be ___. (a) very salty (b) boiling hot (c) ice cold (d) warm, not hot
- 24.🧺 Do we need a magnet for the yeast balloon? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 25.⚖️ Fair test — does yeast blow up the balloon more with warm water or cold water? True or false: the amount of yeast is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🍞 Does yeast need sugar to make gas? (a) yeast does not need it (b) yeast needs it
- 27.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the yeast balloon? (a) turmeric powder (b) a small bottle (c) warm water (d) dry yeast
- 28.🧺 Do we need sugar for the yeast balloon? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 29.🧺 Three of these are needed for the yeast balloon. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a balloon (b) dry yeast (c) sugar (d) a battery cell
- 30.🍞 Does yeast need salt to make gas? (a) yeast does not need it (b) yeast needs it
- 31.🔮 Predict: you wait 2 hours instead of 10 minutes. What happens? (a) it turns to bread (b) the balloon is smaller (c) it shrinks to nothing (d) the balloon is bigger
- 32.⚖️ 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 sugar (c) size of the balloon
- 33.🧺 Do we need dry yeast for the yeast balloon? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 34.True or false: vinegar is something yeast does not need. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) vinegar (b) salt (c) warm water (d) a magnet
- 36.🧺 Which of these is needed for the yeast balloon? (a) a magnet (b) a battery cell (c) a balloon (d) a mirror
- 37.True or false: time is something yeast does not need. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🍞 Why does yeast work slowly in cold water? (a) cold kills sugar (b) cold makes it pink (c) cold slows yeast down (d) cold water is heavy
- 39.⚖️ 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
- 40.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for the yeast balloon? (a) not needed (b) needed
Answer key
- True
- not needed
- True
- the water temperature
- turmeric powder
- the amount of yeast
- True
- False
- False
- a mirror
- a magnet
- a magnet
- False
- vinegar
- we keep it the same
- yeast needs it
- warm water
- False
- True
- True
- not needed
- we keep it the same
- warm, not hot
- not needed
- True
- yeast needs it
- turmeric powder
- needed
- a battery cell
- yeast does not need it
- the balloon is bigger
- the amount of sugar
- needed
- True
- warm water
- a balloon
- False
- cold slows yeast down
- the amount of water
- not needed
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