Blowing Up A Balloon
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Have you ever wondered if gas takes up space? Well, your question will now be answered. Just give me a few pages. We are going to blow up a balloon, using only 1 ounce of water, an empty soda bottle, 1 teaspoon of baking soda, a drinking straw, 1 once of vinegar, and of course, the balloon. My only question is, what will happen during the chemical reaction that causes the balloon to blow up? I guess we'll find out!
First, We put 1 once of water in the bottle, and added 1 teaspoon of baking soda. Then, We stirred with the straw until the baking soda dissolved In the water. We then poured in 1 ounce of vinegar, and stretched the balloon over the mouth of the bottle. We added a pinch more of the baking soda. At first, the bottle just had a lot of carbon dioxide bubbles inside, waiting to pop. This happened because the tiny particles of matter inside the bottle caused friction, resulting in a chemical reaction. We could not see the whole thing happen, because we cannot see the tiny particles within matter. The balloon then started to puff up, and the bubbles disappeared. We compared our project to Bella and Maddie's, and it looked like the vinegar had worked better than the lemon juice. Our balloon had puffed up more than theirs, though they had used the same amount of ingredients as we did.
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In conclusion, this experiment proved that gas DOES take up space, though you cannot see most of it. It proved this because the carbon dioxide inside of the bubbles needed somewhere to go, and usually, gas goes up. The carbon dioxide went up into the balloon, causing it to blow up. After a week of waiting, the bottle had sucked the balloon inside of it, like a vacuum. The bottle had also gotten very wrinkled, like a prune. This happened because the carbon dioxide formed by the mixture had returned to its original state, dragging some of the oxygen with it. All of these things did not happen immediately. It all happened during the chemical reaction, when the matter caused friction.
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