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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 185 · 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.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a timer (b) a bowl (c) turmeric powder (d) fresh cream
  2. 2.True or false: baking a cake is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is kept the same? (a) time to make butter (b) the cream temperature (c) the same jar
  4. 4.🧈 Why does shaking cream make butter? (a) shaking adds salt (b) the jar adds butter (c) fat bits stick together (d) the lid is warm
  5. 5.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it turns pink (b) it takes much longer (c) it is much faster (d) it makes salt
  6. 6.True or false: dissolving salt is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🧈 Can this change be undone: dissolving salt? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  8. 8.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a balloon (b) yeast (c) a magnet (d) a jar with a tight lid
  9. 9.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a magnet (b) a timer (c) a bowl (d) cold water to rinse
  10. 10.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) it turns blue (b) more butter forms (c) it turns to cheese (d) no butter forms
  11. 11.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) butter lumps (b) ghee (c) still runny cream (d) cheese
  12. 12.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) fresh cream (b) cold water to rinse (c) turmeric powder (d) a jar with a tight lid
  13. 13.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) rusting iron (b) freezing water (c) milk turning to curd (d) baking a cake
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) folding paper (b) freezing water (c) dissolving salt (d) baking a cake
  15. 15.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) fresh cream (c) a battery cell (d) a bowl
  16. 16.🧺 Do we need a magnet for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  17. 17.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  18. 18.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) time to make butter (b) how hard we shake (c) the cream temperature (d) the same jar
  19. 19.True or false: rusting iron is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting ice (b) dissolving salt (c) folding paper (d) browning lemon ink
  21. 21.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) rusting iron (b) melting ice (c) milk turning to curd (d) baking a cake
  22. 22.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) fresh cream (b) cold water to rinse (c) a bowl (d) yeast
  23. 23.🛟 Why is a plastic jar a good choice for shaking? (a) it will not break (b) it is magnetic (c) it is hotter (d) it is heavier
  24. 24.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the amount of cream is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: cooking an egg is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so it gets hot (b) so air gets out (c) so it turns yellow (d) so cream does not spill
  27. 27.⚖️ 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 measure it (c) we keep it the same
  28. 28.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a magnet (b) cold water to rinse (c) turmeric powder (d) a battery cell
  29. 29.True or false: a magnet is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the cream temperature”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
  31. 31.⚖️ 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 measure it (c) we keep it the same
  32. 32.🧺 Do we need a bowl for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  33. 33.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the cream temperature is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) melting ice (c) melting butter (d) freezing water
  35. 35.True or false: a magnet is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) folding paper (c) rusting iron (d) cooking an egg
  37. 37.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) a bowl (d) a balloon
  38. 38.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) a bowl (d) a mirror
  39. 39.True or false: a mirror is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧈 Can this change be undone: rusting iron? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone

Answer key

  1. turmeric powder
  2. False
  3. the same jar
  4. fat bits stick together
  5. it takes much longer
  6. False
  7. can be undone
  8. a jar with a tight lid
  9. a magnet
  10. no butter forms
  11. still runny cream
  12. turmeric powder
  13. freezing water
  14. baking a cake
  15. a battery cell
  16. not needed
  17. not needed
  18. the cream temperature
  19. False
  20. browning lemon ink
  21. melting ice
  22. yeast
  23. it will not break
  24. False
  25. False
  26. so cream does not spill
  27. we keep it the same
  28. cold water to rinse
  29. True
  30. we change it
  31. we keep it the same
  32. needed
  33. False
  34. baking a cake
  35. False
  36. folding paper
  37. a balloon
  38. a mirror
  39. True
  40. cannot be undone

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