Kitchen Chemistry Neutralisation

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Baking soda and vinegar reaction illustration

🧪 Part 1: Understanding Neutralisation

1. What happens when an acid and a base react together?

They create more acid

They neutralise each other to form salt and water

They become more basic

Nothing happens

2. Which of these kitchen ingredients are acids? (Tick all that apply)

Lemon juice

Vinegar

Baking soda

Buttermilk

3. Complete the neutralisation equation:

Acid + Base → __________ + __________

4. When you mix baking soda with vinegar, what gas is produced that causes fizzing?

Oxygen

Carbon dioxide

Hydrogen

Nitrogen

👩‍🍳 Part 2: Neutralisation in Cooking

5. Why do bakers add baking soda to recipes containing acidic ingredients like lemon juice or buttermilk?

6. What would happen to the taste of a cake if you added too much baking soda?

It would taste very sweet

It would taste soapy or bitter

It would taste more lemony

It would have no taste

7. Describe what you observed during the vinegar and baking soda experiment:

Before mixing: pH of vinegar = ____

During reaction: What did you see? _________________________________

After mixing: pH of solution = ____

8. Explain how neutralisation helps balance flavours in cooking:

🚀 Part 3: Extension Challenge

9. Research Task: Name two other kitchen ingredients that can neutralise acids (besides baking soda):

1. _________________________________

2. _________________________________

10. Design Your Own Experiment: How would you test if milk is acidic, basic, or neutral? Describe your method:

Kitchen Chemistry Neutralisation

Kitchen Chemistry Neutralisation

🧪 Part 1: Understanding Neutralisation

👩‍🍳 Part 2: Neutralisation in Cooking

🚀 Part 3: Extension Challenge

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