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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 122 · 40 questions
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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.

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

Answer key

  1. still runny cream
  2. a mirror
  3. False
  4. True
  5. folding paper
  6. so cream does not spill
  7. baking a cake
  8. thick whipped cream
  9. dissolving salt
  10. can be undone
  11. False
  12. buttermilk
  13. a magnet
  14. cooking an egg
  15. milk turning to curd
  16. a magnet
  17. a balloon
  18. dissolving salt
  19. False
  20. cannot be undone
  21. a jar with a tight lid
  22. no butter forms
  23. melting butter
  24. turmeric powder
  25. cannot be undone
  26. the cream temperature
  27. False
  28. not needed
  29. True
  30. False
  31. False
  32. needed
  33. lumps of butter
  34. cannot be undone
  35. cooking an egg
  36. freezing water
  37. fat bits stick together
  38. time to make butter
  39. needed
  40. cold water to rinse

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