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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 249 · 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.True or false: milk turning to curd is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🧺 Do we need fresh cream for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  3. 3.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) it turns blue (b) more butter forms (c) no butter forms (d) it turns to cheese
  4. 4.🔍 What do you see after shaking cream in a jar for a long time? (a) bubbles of gas (b) sugar crystals (c) lumps of butter (d) clear water only
  5. 5.🛟 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
  6. 6.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a balloon (b) a battery cell (c) a timer (d) a magnet
  7. 7.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) freezing water (b) dissolving salt (c) milk turning to curd (d) melting ice
  8. 8.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the amount of cream is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking an egg (b) baking a cake (c) browning lemon ink (d) freezing water
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rusting iron (b) melting ice (c) browning lemon ink (d) milk turning to curd
  11. 11.True or false: melting butter is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: freezing water is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting ice (b) browning lemon ink (c) melting butter (d) folding paper
  14. 14.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  15. 15.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the cream temperature (b) how hard we shake (c) time to make butter
  16. 16.🧺 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 battery cell
  17. 17.True or false: a bowl is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: milk turning to curd is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.⚖️ 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
  20. 20.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting butter? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  21. 21.True or false: cold water to rinse is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we measure it
  23. 23.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: how hard we shake is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: melting ice is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) a battery cell (c) yeast (d) turmeric powder
  26. 26.⚖️ 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
  27. 27.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a battery cell (c) a magnet (d) a balloon
  28. 28.True or false: baking a cake is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🧺 Do we need a bowl for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  30. 30.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “time to make butter”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
  31. 31.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) ice (b) clear water (c) powder (d) thick whipped cream
  32. 32.⚖️ 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 same jar (c) time to make butter
  33. 33.🧈 What is the watery liquid left after the butter forms? (a) honey (b) buttermilk (c) oil (d) vinegar
  34. 34.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the amount of cream is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) melting ice (b) browning lemon ink (c) milk turning to curd (d) cooking an egg
  36. 36.🧺 Do we need a balloon for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  37. 37.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a bowl (b) fresh cream (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) a mirror
  38. 38.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it takes much longer (b) it makes salt (c) it turns pink (d) it is much faster
  39. 39.True or false: dissolving salt is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting ice? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone

Answer key

  1. False
  2. needed
  3. no butter forms
  4. lumps of butter
  5. so cream does not spill
  6. a timer
  7. milk turning to curd
  8. True
  9. freezing water
  10. melting ice
  11. False
  12. False
  13. browning lemon ink
  14. not needed
  15. how hard we shake
  16. a battery cell
  17. False
  18. True
  19. False
  20. can be undone
  21. True
  22. we keep it the same
  23. False
  24. False
  25. a jar with a tight lid
  26. the cream temperature
  27. cold water to rinse
  28. False
  29. needed
  30. we measure it
  31. thick whipped cream
  32. the same jar
  33. buttermilk
  34. False
  35. melting ice
  36. not needed
  37. a mirror
  38. it takes much longer
  39. False
  40. can be undone

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