Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 1 · 40 questions

What you do (Shake till it clumps): 1. Fill the jar only one-third full of fresh cream. 2. Screw the lid on tightly. 3. Shake hard, taking turns, for 10–15 minutes. 4. When lumps form, pour off the buttermilk and rinse the butter in cold water.

1. 1.True or false: yeast is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🧈 Can this change be undone: dissolving salt? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
3. 3.True or false: cold water to rinse is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: turmeric powder is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🧺 Do we need a jar with a tight lid for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
6. 6.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a magnet (b) a battery cell (c) yeast (d) a bowl
7. 7.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) fresh cream (b) a mirror (c) a timer (d) a jar with a tight lid
8. 8.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) fresh cream (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) turmeric powder (d) a bowl
9. 9.🧈 What is the watery liquid left after the butter forms? (a) vinegar (b) honey (c) oil (d) buttermilk
10. 10.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so air gets out (b) so it turns yellow (c) so cream does not spill (d) so it gets hot
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rusting iron (b) browning lemon ink (c) baking a cake (d) melting ice
12. 12.🧺 Do we need a timer for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
13. 13.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the cream temperature”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking an egg (b) milk turning to curd (c) folding paper (d) browning lemon ink
15. 15.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a mirror (b) cold water to rinse (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) fresh cream
16. 16.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) fresh cream (b) a balloon (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) cold water to rinse
17. 17.True or false: fresh cream is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🧺 Do we need a balloon for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
19. 19.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) thick whipped cream (b) powder (c) clear water (d) ice
20. 20.🧺 Do we need a mirror for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
21. 21.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) turmeric powder (b) cold water to rinse (c) a battery cell (d) a balloon
22. 22.True or false: a bowl is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) a magnet (c) a mirror (d) a battery cell
24. 24.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) more butter forms (b) it turns blue (c) it turns to cheese (d) no butter forms
25. 25.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) browning lemon ink (b) melting ice (c) freezing water (d) folding paper
26. 26.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a bowl (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) a magnet (d) fresh cream
27. 27.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the amount of cream is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “time to make butter”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) milk turning to curd (b) dissolving salt (c) melting butter (d) folding paper
30. 30.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) freezing water (b) dissolving salt (c) baking a cake (d) folding paper
31. 31.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) rusting iron (b) dissolving salt (c) folding paper (d) melting ice
32. 32.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) freezing water (b) baking a cake (c) browning lemon ink (d) rusting iron
33. 33.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) cheese (b) butter lumps (c) ghee (d) still runny cream
34. 34.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) yeast (b) a battery cell (c) a mirror (d) a timer
35. 35.True or false: freezing water is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🧈 Why does shaking cream make butter? (a) the lid is warm (b) shaking adds salt (c) the jar adds butter (d) fat bits stick together
37. 37.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “how hard we shake”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
38. 38.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the same jar”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
39. 39.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) a magnet (d) a bowl
40. 40.🛟 Why is a plastic jar a good choice for shaking? (a) it is hotter (b) it is heavier (c) it is magnetic (d) it will not break

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