baking soda makes cookies bigger
Of course! There are many recipes that don't contain raising agents, it just depends what type of cookies you are making. Shortbread has no raising agents, and neiter do sugar cookies and the kind that you cut shapes out of and ice with frosting. You probably could but they would be really flat because baking powder and baking soda makes them rise.
baking powder
Yes, but one should reduce the amount of salt in the recipe. When one does not have baking soda, it is best to use a cookie recipe that calls for baking powder, because the two ingredients are not identical.
No, baking powder is what makes cakes rise.
No, baking powder is a levening agent that makes baked goods rise.
Baking powder is baking soda plus acid, and is used in recipes that don't have acid--acid being what makes baking soda leaven things. I've used baking powder in recipes that call for baking soda, and it didn't hurt them; maybe they were a bit fluffier but that's okay.
Yes you do need to put in baking powder because baking powder makes them rise
Baking powder makes most types of flowers die, this is because of the chemicals used in the baking powder. If you want to clear your garden, you can actually use baking powder! It doesn't work on weeds though.
baking powder
Vinegar
Baking soda makes the cookies "keep together" and not spread, crumble or fall apart when you take them out of the oven.Yeast also works, but it makes the cookies taste bad. Yeast is mostly only used for bread and such.
The baking soda and an acid such as cream of tartar (tartartic acid) or milk or syrup makes the cookie rise. (Baking powder contains both baking soda and cream of tartar.) The reaction between these forms carbon dioxide gas and a salt, and the bubbles of gas make the mix rise.Make sure that your baking soda has been kept dry!