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How to Blow Up a Balloon Using Liquid
by  David C.
* Hypothesis * Abstract * Materials * Procedure * Results * Conclusion *
 
Hypothesis 
 My hypothesis is that the lemon juice, vinegar, pop and alcohol can blow up the balloon.   
 
 
 
Abstract 
My science project question is, can lemon juice, vinegar, alcohol, or pop blow up a balloon. It tells what I'll be doing or trying to do during my experiment. It's also easy to take notes and remember what happened during the experiment. My hypothesis is that all of them can blow up the balloon. I believe this because they all fizz and create pressure.

First, I stretch the balloon so the rubber is easier to inflate. Second, I dissolve a teaspoon of baking soda in an ounce of water in the clean, empty soda bottle. Third, pour in and stir the two ounces of which ever liquid. Fourth, quickly fit the stretched balloon over the mouth of the bottle. The balloon should inflate.

The results of my experiment were the lemon juice and vinegar blew up the balloon, the alcohol and pop did not. My hypothesis was wrong. Next time I would of used liquids that had more fizz to them.  

Materials   

2 oz. of lemon juice, vinegar, pop and alcohol (60 mL)
a balloon
an empty soda bottle
1 oz. water (30 mL)
1 teaspoon of baking soda (5 mL)
Procedure   

1. Stretch the balloon so the rubber is easier to inflate.
2.Dissolve a teaspoon of baking soda in an ounce of water in the clean, empty soda bottle.
3.Pour in and stir the two ounces of which ever liquid.
4.Quickly fit the stretched over thee mouth of the bottle.
5.The balloon should inflate.
Results   
The results of my experiment were that the vinegar and lemon juice blew up the balloon but the pop and alcohol did not.The one that blew up the balloon the most was the lemon juice.
Conclusion 
 My conclusion is that all of them did not blow up the balloon. My hypothesis was wrong. Air pressure from fizz of the liquid can blow up the balloon. Next time I would of used liquids with more fizz to them so the balloon would blow up. 
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David C.
Timber Ridge Magnet School