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Live yeast can be used to inflate a balloon if you give the yeast something to ferment (such as sugar). They then produce carbon dioxide as a waste product that could inflate a balloon. You should not expect it to be buoyant, however, for CO2 is heavy as gases go (considerably heavier than air, for instance).
The yeast cannot use salt for much of anything, however.
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∙ 15y agoWhen water is added to yeast, the reaction creates a gas. This in turn inflates the balloon. Wheither or not the balloon will float, I do not know.
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∙ 15y agoYeast uses sugar in a process called glycolysis to produce pyruvate. Pyruvate is then converted to ethanol and CO2 gas is given off in the process. This gas causes the balloon to inflate.
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∙ 13y agothe purpose is that when you put the yeast to make bread you put it in the oven on a hot temperature so that the warm water be on hot temperature so the yeast will interact.
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If you put water yeast and sugar in a bottle and put a balloon over the top the balloon will inflate. Will it inflate if you do NOT put sugar in it If not will anything happen at all?
Yeast eats the sugar giving off CO2 which is a gas that will inflate the balloon. Added: But since carbon dioxide is heavier than air this balloon gas will never reach the 'top'
How do you find research on how to inflate a balloon?
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Is it chemical or physical change when you inflate a balloon?
This is a physical change.
Does salt kill yeast?
I'm pretty sure it's both, because while yeast and flour mixed with water smells alcoholic (which is a sign of fermentation), when it's mixed with yeast and water it smells like milk. Also, it barely grows, less than just yeast and water. Correct me if I'm wrong!
What is the hypothesis for the blow up a balloon with yeast experiment?
you did not answer my question . please answer the question I give you I said the hypothesis about how to make a ballon blow up using soda and yeast
Why cant salt and yeast make the balloon inflate?
As anyone who bakes bread, or brew wines and beers will know, yeast needs a moist, warm environment in which there is dissolved liquid sugar available (not salt). The yeast cells rapidly multiply as the yeast feeds off the sugar, and gives off carbon dioxide gas and alcohol. It is the carbon dioxide gas that will inflate the balloon. Salt would probably kill off the yeast.
If you put water yeast and sugar in a bottle and put a balloon over the top the balloon will inflate. Will it inflate if you do NOT put sugar in it If not will anything happen at all?
Yeast eats the sugar giving off CO2 which is a gas that will inflate the balloon. Added: But since carbon dioxide is heavier than air this balloon gas will never reach the 'top'
What can inflate a balloon besides hot air?
yeast! people why are you sooooo stupid?
Why wouldn't yeast and water inflate a balloon unless you add sugar?
The sugar is needed as food for the yeast. The yeast gives off carbon dioxide as it digests the sugar. The carbon dioxide could be used to inflate the balloon. Without the sugar, the yeast remains dormant and does not give off carbon dioxide.
What happens if you put some yeast and a pinch of sugar with warm water and a balloon ontop of the container and leave at for a week?
the balloon will inflate
Can you inflate a balloon with Coca-Cola and salt?
The gas that is given out during the reaction of baking soda and coke could inflate a balloon
Why there are gases in the balloon?
To inflate the balloon. Whether the gas is helium or just air from your lungs, gases are needed to inflate the balloon.
How do you inflate a balloon by using science?
You get a soccer ball pump needle a stick it into a balloon and it will inflate
How do you inflate a balloon without air?
Inflate it with water.
Can you inflate a balloon with only soda?
Yes this can be done but the process would be really slow. You can try adding some yeast to hydrogen peroxide and let the balloon be tied to the bottle containing that mixture. After couple of hours you will have inflated balloon.
What happens when you put sugar and yeast inside of a ballon?
If there is a little moisture too, then the yeast cells will multiply and turn the sugar into alcohol and carbon dioxide gas. The carbon dioxide gas will inflate the balloon.
How do you make a balloon rise into the air?
-- Inflate the balloon with some substance that is less dense than air. OR -- Inflate the balloon with air, then heat it after it is sealed.
