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 not needed for the yeast balloon. (a) False (b) True
- 2.⚖️ 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) size of the balloon (c) the amount of water
- 3.🍞 Does yeast need time to make gas? (a) yeast does not need it (b) yeast needs it
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a magnet (b) time (c) vinegar (d) salt
- 5.🍞 Does yeast need warm water to make gas? (a) yeast needs it (b) yeast does not need it
- 6.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for the yeast balloon? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 7.🍞 Which of these is something yeast does not need? (a) sugar (b) a magnet (c) warm water (d) time
- 8.🧺 Three of these are needed for the yeast balloon. Which one is NOT needed? (a) warm water (b) dry yeast (c) a small bottle (d) turmeric powder
- 9.🧺 Do we need a comb for the yeast balloon? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 10.🔮 Predict: you wait 2 hours instead of 10 minutes. What happens? (a) it turns to bread (b) the balloon is bigger (c) the balloon is smaller (d) it shrinks to nothing
- 11.True or false: sugar is not needed for the yeast balloon. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🛟 The water for the yeast should be ___. (a) boiling hot (b) ice cold (c) warm, not hot (d) very salty
- 13.🧺 Three of these are needed for the yeast balloon. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a balloon (b) a magnet (c) a small bottle (d) sugar
- 14.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the yeast balloon? (a) a small bottle (b) sugar (c) warm water (d) a paper clip
- 15.🧺 Three of these are needed for the yeast balloon. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a small bottle (b) sugar (c) a paper clip (d) a balloon
- 16.🧺 Do we need a magnet for the yeast balloon? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 17.⚖️ 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
- 18.🍞 Which of these is something yeast needs? (a) time (b) a magnet (c) salt (d) vinegar
- 19.🍞 Which of these is something yeast does not need? (a) time (b) sugar (c) warm water (d) sunlight
- 20.🧺 Which of these is needed for the yeast balloon? (a) turmeric powder (b) a mirror (c) warm water (d) a magnet
- 21.🍞 Which of these is something yeast needs? (a) warm water (b) a magnet (c) sunlight (d) vinegar
- 22.⚖️ 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) False (b) True
- 23.🧺 Three of these are needed for the yeast balloon. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a mirror (b) a small bottle (c) warm water (d) a balloon
- 24.🧺 Do we need sugar for the yeast balloon? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 25.True or false: a small bottle is not needed for the yeast balloon. (a) False (b) True
- 26.True or false: a comb is needed for the yeast balloon. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🧺 Which of these is needed for the yeast balloon? (a) a battery cell (b) sugar (c) a mirror (d) a paper clip
- 28.⚖️ 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
- 29.True or false: turmeric powder is needed for the yeast balloon. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🎈 What blows up the balloon in the yeast experiment? (a) smoke (b) carbon dioxide gas (c) steam (d) air from outside
- 31.🧺 Three of these are needed for the yeast balloon. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a comb (b) sugar (c) a balloon (d) dry yeast
- 32.🧺 Which of these is needed for the yeast balloon? (a) a paper clip (b) turmeric powder (c) a balloon (d) a mirror
- 33.⚖️ 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 sugar (b) the amount of yeast (c) size of the balloon (d) the same bottles
- 34.🧺 Three of these are needed for the yeast balloon. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a balloon (b) sugar (c) a small bottle (d) a battery cell
- 35.⚖️ 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
- 36.⚖️ 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 water (b) the water temperature (c) the same bottles (d) the amount of yeast
- 37.🔮 Predict: you leave out the sugar. What happens to the balloon? (a) it grows very little (b) it grows much faster (c) it turns yellow (d) it bursts at once
- 38.🍞 Which of these is something yeast does not need? (a) warm water (b) time (c) salt (d) sugar
- 39.🍞 Where is yeast used in the kitchen? (a) to colour rice (b) to make bread rise (c) to clean floors (d) to wash dishes
- 40.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the yeast balloon? (a) a balloon (b) a magnet (c) dry yeast (d) sugar
Answer key
- False
- the amount of water
- yeast needs it
- time
- yeast needs it
- not needed
- a magnet
- turmeric powder
- not needed
- the balloon is bigger
- False
- warm, not hot
- a magnet
- a paper clip
- a paper clip
- not needed
- we keep it the same
- time
- sunlight
- warm water
- warm water
- False
- a mirror
- needed
- False
- False
- sugar
- we change it
- False
- carbon dioxide gas
- a comb
- a balloon
- size of the balloon
- a battery cell
- True
- the water temperature
- it grows very little
- salt
- to make bread rise
- a magnet
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