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Bend a Bone with Vinegar
You will need
1. A jar large enough to fit a chicken bone
2. A chicken bone – a leg or “drumstick” bone works best
3. Vinegar
What to do
1. Have a nice chicken dinner and save a bone. (Leg bones work best)
2. Rinse off the bone in running water to remove any meat from the bone.
3. Notice how hard the bone is – gently try bending it. Like our bones, chicken bones have mineral
called calcium in them to make them hard.
4. Put the bone into the jar and cover the bone with vinegar. It might be a good idea to put the lid on
the jar or cover it – let it sit for 3 days
5. After 3 days remove the bone. It should feel different. Now can rinse it off and try bending it
again. Is it really a rubber bone?
How does it work?
So, what happened? What is so special about vinegar that it can make a hard bone squishy? Vinegar
is considered a mild acid, but it is strong enough to dissolve away the calcium in the bone. Once the
calcium is dissolved, there is nothing to keep the bone hard – all that is left is the soft bone tissue.
Now you know why your mom is always trying to get you to drink milk – the calcium in milk goes to
our bones to make our bones stronger. With some effort and you can really get the bone to bend.
How to present?
Take a scrap book, Paste at least 3-4 pictures of your experiment (performance + Conclusion) and
answer the following questions.
1. Why the bones are hard?
2. How does vinegar makes the bone soft?
3. In our routine diet what are the things should be eliminated that has a bad impact on our bones?
Support your answer with appropriate reason.
4. In our routine diet what are the that should be added that has a good impact on our bones?
Support your answer with appropriate reason. How does it work?
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Q. Name the types of teeth that each type of animal has.
Carnivores Herbivore
Ominvores
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Explain the need of these teeth for each type.
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Q. Complete the given chart.
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Q. Cut the following pictures and paste in the given table below:
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Use the code below to fill in the missing words in the sentences:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M
2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
25 23 21 19 17 15 13 11 9 7 5 3 1
1. Solids retain their shape unless they come under an
10,5,13,10,17,25,2,24 force.
2. The softest natural solid on the Earth 13,2,24,6.
3. The 4,24,23,23,8 in your body is a liquid.
4. The 26,23,24,10,6,11,24,10,15 in liquids have room to move.
5. Liquids take the shape of the 6,23,25,13,2,18,25,10,17 they are put into.
6. 14,2,15,10,15 do not have colour or shape but some of them do have a
smell.
7. The easiest way to change matter from one form to another is by
changing its 13,10,26,21,10,17,2,13,11,17,10.
8. Liquids can be turned into gases by 16,10,2,13,18,25,14 them up so
much they start to boil.
9. Some solid matter can be 8,18,15,15,23,24,9,10,8 to become a liquid.
10.The 12, 17,10,10,1,18,25,14 point of water is 0° C (32° F).
1. 2. 3.
4. 5. 6.
7. 8. 9.
10.