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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 239 · 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.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the same jar”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
  2. 2.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) freezing water (c) cooking an egg (d) milk turning to curd
  3. 3.True or false: a magnet is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) rusting iron (b) melting ice (c) melting butter (d) dissolving salt
  5. 5.🧈 Can this change be undone: browning lemon ink? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  6. 6.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) cold water to rinse (c) a timer (d) a magnet
  7. 7.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) yeast (b) a magnet (c) a balloon (d) a jar with a tight lid
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dissolving salt (b) melting ice (c) baking a cake (d) melting butter
  9. 9.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a bowl (b) cold water to rinse (c) a mirror (d) fresh cream
  10. 10.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it makes salt (b) it turns pink (c) it takes much longer (d) it is much faster
  11. 11.🧺 Do we need a bowl for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  12. 12.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so air gets out (b) so cream does not spill (c) so it gets hot (d) so it turns yellow
  13. 13.True or false: a magnet is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) fresh cream (b) a timer (c) a balloon (d) a jar with a tight lid
  15. 15.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a timer (c) fresh cream (d) a magnet
  16. 16.🧺 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 bowl (d) a balloon
  17. 17.True or false: a timer is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is what we measure? (a) time to make butter (b) the cream temperature (c) the same jar (d) how hard we shake
  19. 19.🧈 Can this change be undone: baking a cake? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  20. 20.🧈 Can this change be undone: freezing water? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) milk turning to curd (b) cooking an egg (c) baking a cake (d) melting butter
  22. 22.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the same jar is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the cream temperature (b) the amount of cream (c) time to make butter
  24. 24.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) folding paper (b) milk turning to curd (c) baking a cake (d) browning lemon ink
  25. 25.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) fresh cream (b) a timer (c) a bowl (d) yeast
  26. 26.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) how hard we shake (b) time to make butter (c) the same jar (d) the cream temperature
  27. 27.🧺 Do we need yeast for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  28. 28.⚖️ 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) False (b) True
  29. 29.🧺 Do we need a timer for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  30. 30.True or false: melting ice is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.⚖️ 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
  32. 32.🧈 Can this change be undone: folding paper? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  33. 33.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a timer (b) a battery cell (c) a bowl (d) fresh cream
  34. 34.🧈 Why does shaking cream make butter? (a) shaking adds salt (b) the jar adds butter (c) the lid is warm (d) fat bits stick together
  35. 35.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) dissolving salt (b) browning lemon ink (c) rusting iron (d) baking a cake
  36. 36.🧺 Do we need a magnet for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  37. 37.True or false: cold water to rinse is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧺 Do we need a mirror for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  39. 39.True or false: a mirror is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting ice (b) freezing water (c) milk turning to curd (d) melting butter

Answer key

  1. we keep it the same
  2. freezing water
  3. False
  4. rusting iron
  5. cannot be undone
  6. a magnet
  7. a jar with a tight lid
  8. baking a cake
  9. a mirror
  10. it takes much longer
  11. needed
  12. so cream does not spill
  13. True
  14. a balloon
  15. a magnet
  16. a balloon
  17. False
  18. time to make butter
  19. cannot be undone
  20. can be undone
  21. melting butter
  22. True
  23. the amount of cream
  24. folding paper
  25. yeast
  26. the cream temperature
  27. not needed
  28. True
  29. needed
  30. True
  31. the same jar
  32. can be undone
  33. a battery cell
  34. fat bits stick together
  35. dissolving salt
  36. not needed
  37. False
  38. not needed
  39. True
  40. milk turning to curd

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