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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 186 · 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.🧺 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) fresh cream (d) yeast
  2. 2.🧺 Do we need a bowl for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  3. 3.🧈 Can this change be undone: folding paper? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  4. 4.True or false: a mirror is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔮 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
  6. 6.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  7. 7.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so it gets hot (b) so it turns yellow (c) so cream does not spill (d) so air gets out
  8. 8.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) cold water to rinse (b) turmeric powder (c) a magnet (d) a battery cell
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting ice (b) melting butter (c) dissolving salt (d) rusting iron
  10. 10.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) cooking an egg (b) baking a cake (c) rusting iron (d) melting ice
  11. 11.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “how hard we shake”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
  12. 12.🧈 Can this change be undone: cooking an egg? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  13. 13.🧈 Can this change be undone: browning lemon ink? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  14. 14.🔍 What do you see after shaking cream in a jar for a long time? (a) bubbles of gas (b) lumps of butter (c) clear water only (d) sugar crystals
  15. 15.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) cheese (b) still runny cream (c) ghee (d) butter lumps
  16. 16.True or false: dissolving salt is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: a balloon is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🧺 Do we need a timer for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  19. 19.🧈 Can this change be undone: freezing water? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  20. 20.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the amount of cream (b) the same jar (c) the cream temperature (d) how hard we shake
  21. 21.🧺 Do we need a mirror for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  22. 22.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) folding paper (c) milk turning to curd (d) browning lemon ink
  23. 23.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a timer (c) a magnet (d) fresh cream
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dissolving salt (b) browning lemon ink (c) baking a cake (d) rusting iron
  25. 25.True or false: baking a cake is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.⚖️ 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
  27. 27.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) browning lemon ink (b) freezing water (c) melting ice (d) folding paper
  28. 28.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting ice? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  29. 29.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: time to make butter is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) fresh cream (c) cold water to rinse (d) a balloon
  31. 31.⚖️ 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
  32. 32.🧈 Can this change be undone: milk turning to curd? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  33. 33.True or false: yeast is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🧺 Do we need a magnet for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  35. 35.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: how hard we shake is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the cream temperature is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) turmeric powder (b) fresh cream (c) cold water to rinse (d) a timer
  38. 38.True or false: milk turning to curd is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a magnet (b) a mirror (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) a balloon
  40. 40.True or false: melting butter is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. yeast
  2. needed
  3. can be undone
  4. True
  5. no butter forms
  6. not needed
  7. so cream does not spill
  8. cold water to rinse
  9. rusting iron
  10. melting ice
  11. we keep it the same
  12. cannot be undone
  13. cannot be undone
  14. lumps of butter
  15. still runny cream
  16. True
  17. True
  18. needed
  19. can be undone
  20. the cream temperature
  21. not needed
  22. folding paper
  23. a magnet
  24. dissolving salt
  25. False
  26. False
  27. browning lemon ink
  28. can be undone
  29. True
  30. a balloon
  31. we measure it
  32. cannot be undone
  33. False
  34. not needed
  35. True
  36. True
  37. turmeric powder
  38. True
  39. a jar with a tight lid
  40. True

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