Mixing vinegar and baking soda

This task is about using sight, smell and touch to make observations.

Question 1Change answer

How to do this task

  • Use your four senses of sight, smell, touch, and hearing (NOT taste) to make observations about vinegar and baking soda. Write these in the chart below.
  • Then pour the vinegar into the baking soda, and make observations about vinegar added to baking soda.
mixing vinegar and baking soda
a) Complete this table of all your observations. Include the key words, solid, liquid, and gas when writing your observations.
Substance(s) Observations
Vinegar
 
 

Baking soda
 
 

Vinegar added to baking soda
 
 

Question

b)  i)  Is it possible to get the vinegar and baking soda back after they have been mixed? 

    • Yes

    • No

ii) Explain your answer.