Butter Making Experiment Worksheet
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.🧺 Do we need fresh cream for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 2.True or false: yeast is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
- 3.🧺 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 timer (d) a battery cell
- 4.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) clear water (b) powder (c) thick whipped cream (d) ice
- 5.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) melting ice (b) rusting iron (c) cooking an egg (d) browning lemon ink
- 6.True or false: a bowl is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
- 7.True or false: freezing water is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) fresh cream (b) a timer (c) cold water to rinse (d) a balloon
- 9.🧺 Do we need a mirror for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 10.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a mirror (b) a timer (c) a bowl (d) a jar with a tight lid
- 11.🧈 Can this change be undone: milk turning to curd? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
- 12.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so it turns yellow (b) so air gets out (c) so it gets hot (d) so cream does not spill
- 13.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) browning lemon ink (b) rusting iron (c) freezing water (d) milk turning to curd
- 14.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting butter (b) folding paper (c) freezing water (d) milk turning to curd
- 15.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) cold water to rinse (b) turmeric powder (c) fresh cream (d) a bowl
- 16.True or false: fresh cream is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting ice? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
- 18.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting butter (b) browning lemon ink (c) melting ice (d) folding paper
- 19.True or false: a battery cell is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
- 20.True or false: cooking an egg is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a mirror (b) a balloon (c) turmeric powder (d) a bowl
- 22.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) rusting iron (b) baking a cake (c) cooking an egg (d) melting butter
- 23.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) it turns to cheese (b) no butter forms (c) more butter forms (d) it turns blue
- 24.🧈 What is the watery liquid left after the butter forms? (a) oil (b) vinegar (c) buttermilk (d) honey
- 25.True or false: a timer is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
- 26.True or false: a mirror is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
- 27.True or false: baking a cake is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a magnet (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) a timer (d) a bowl
- 29.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a magnet (b) a timer (c) turmeric powder (d) a battery cell
- 30.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) fresh cream (b) a magnet (c) a battery cell (d) yeast
- 31.True or false: a timer is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking an egg (b) baking a cake (c) freezing water (d) rusting iron
- 33.True or false: folding paper is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 34.True or false: melting butter is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dissolving salt (b) melting ice (c) folding paper (d) cooking an egg
- 36.🧈 Can this change be undone: freezing water? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 37.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting butter (b) freezing water (c) baking a cake (d) folding paper
- 38.True or false: rusting iron is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 39.True or false: rusting iron is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🧺 Do we need a balloon for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
Answer key
- needed
- False
- a battery cell
- thick whipped cream
- melting ice
- False
- False
- a balloon
- not needed
- a mirror
- cannot be undone
- so cream does not spill
- freezing water
- milk turning to curd
- turmeric powder
- True
- can be undone
- browning lemon ink
- True
- True
- a bowl
- melting butter
- no butter forms
- buttermilk
- True
- False
- False
- a magnet
- a timer
- fresh cream
- False
- freezing water
- True
- False
- cooking an egg
- can be undone
- baking a cake
- True
- False
- not needed
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