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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 279 · 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 a change that can be undone? (a) freezing water (b) cooking an egg (c) browning lemon ink (d) milk turning to curd
  2. 2.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the same jar (b) time to make butter (c) the cream temperature
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting ice (b) folding paper (c) cooking an egg (d) dissolving salt
  4. 4.🧺 Do we need yeast for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  5. 5.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a magnet (b) fresh cream (c) cold water to rinse (d) a timer
  6. 6.⚖️ 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
  7. 7.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) it turns to cheese (b) more butter forms (c) no butter forms (d) it turns blue
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) milk turning to curd (b) browning lemon ink (c) rusting iron (d) folding paper
  9. 9.⚖️ 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
  10. 10.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) fresh cream (c) cold water to rinse (d) a magnet
  11. 11.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) yeast (b) a magnet (c) cold water to rinse (d) turmeric powder
  12. 12.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a bowl (b) cold water to rinse (c) a balloon (d) a jar with a tight lid
  13. 13.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting butter? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking an egg (b) rusting iron (c) milk turning to curd (d) melting ice
  15. 15.🧈 Can this change be undone: folding paper? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  16. 16.True or false: a mirror is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.⚖️ 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) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: folding paper is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: a mirror is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: how hard we shake is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: fresh cream is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.⚖️ 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 change it (c) we keep it the same
  23. 23.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the same jar (b) how hard we shake (c) time to make butter (d) the amount of cream
  24. 24.🧈 Can this change be undone: freezing water? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  25. 25.⚖️ 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) how hard we shake (c) the cream temperature (d) time to make butter
  26. 26.⚖️ 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
  27. 27.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the amount of cream”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
  28. 28.True or false: cooking an egg is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.⚖️ 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) True (b) False
  30. 30.🧈 Can this change be undone: dissolving salt? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  31. 31.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) turmeric powder (b) cold water to rinse (c) a timer (d) fresh cream
  32. 32.🧈 Can this change be undone: cooking an egg? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  33. 33.⚖️ 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
  34. 34.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) freezing water (b) folding paper (c) melting ice (d) rusting iron
  35. 35.🧈 Can this change be undone: baking a cake? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  36. 36.True or false: a jar with a tight lid is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) folding paper (b) dissolving salt (c) freezing water (d) baking a cake
  38. 38.⚖️ 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
  39. 39.⚖️ 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
  40. 40.🧈 Why does shaking cream make butter? (a) shaking adds salt (b) the lid is warm (c) the jar adds butter (d) fat bits stick together

Answer key

  1. freezing water
  2. the same jar
  3. cooking an egg
  4. not needed
  5. a magnet
  6. the amount of cream
  7. no butter forms
  8. folding paper
  9. False
  10. a magnet
  11. cold water to rinse
  12. a balloon
  13. can be undone
  14. melting ice
  15. can be undone
  16. True
  17. False
  18. False
  19. False
  20. False
  21. True
  22. we keep it the same
  23. time to make butter
  24. can be undone
  25. the cream temperature
  26. we keep it the same
  27. we keep it the same
  28. True
  29. False
  30. can be undone
  31. turmeric powder
  32. cannot be undone
  33. we measure it
  34. rusting iron
  35. cannot be undone
  36. False
  37. baking a cake
  38. True
  39. True
  40. fat bits stick together

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