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