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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 300 · 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) fresh cream (b) a magnet (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) cold water to rinse
  2. 2.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a balloon (b) yeast (c) a mirror (d) a jar with a tight lid
  3. 3.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) browning lemon ink (c) dissolving salt (d) milk turning to curd
  4. 4.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) more butter forms (b) it turns to cheese (c) it turns blue (d) no butter forms
  5. 5.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) freezing water (b) melting butter (c) browning lemon ink (d) folding paper
  6. 6.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a timer (b) a battery cell (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) fresh cream
  7. 7.🧈 Can this change be undone: baking a cake? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  8. 8.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a bowl (b) turmeric powder (c) cold water to rinse (d) fresh cream
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rusting iron (b) freezing water (c) browning lemon ink (d) milk turning to curd
  10. 10.🧺 Do we need a magnet for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  11. 11.⚖️ 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
  12. 12.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so air gets out (b) so it turns yellow (c) so it gets hot (d) so cream does not spill
  13. 13.🧺 Do we need a balloon for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  14. 14.⚖️ 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
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dissolving salt (b) cooking an egg (c) folding paper (d) melting ice
  16. 16.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a balloon (b) a bowl (c) a magnet (d) a mirror
  17. 17.🧈 Can this change be undone: browning lemon ink? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  18. 18.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) ghee (b) still runny cream (c) cheese (d) butter lumps
  19. 19.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) milk turning to curd (b) rusting iron (c) browning lemon ink (d) melting ice
  20. 20.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “how hard we shake”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
  21. 21.⚖️ 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 cream temperature (c) how hard we shake (d) the same jar
  22. 22.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it turns pink (b) it is much faster (c) it makes salt (d) it takes much longer
  23. 23.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a mirror (b) turmeric powder (c) cold water to rinse (d) a battery cell
  24. 24.🧺 Do we need a timer for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  25. 25.🧺 Do we need cold water to rinse for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  26. 26.🧈 Why does shaking cream make butter? (a) the lid is warm (b) the jar adds butter (c) fat bits stick together (d) shaking adds salt
  27. 27.🔍 What do you see after shaking cream in a jar for a long time? (a) sugar crystals (b) lumps of butter (c) bubbles of gas (d) clear water only
  28. 28.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the cream temperature is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: a jar with a tight lid is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.⚖️ 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
  31. 31.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) fresh cream (b) cold water to rinse (c) a timer (d) a magnet
  32. 32.True or false: a mirror is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.⚖️ 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
  34. 34.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) freezing water (b) folding paper (c) baking a cake (d) melting ice
  35. 35.🧺 Do we need a bowl for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  36. 36.⚖️ 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
  37. 37.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a bowl (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) a mirror (d) cold water to rinse
  38. 38.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) folding paper (b) rusting iron (c) melting ice (d) dissolving salt
  39. 39.True or false: dissolving salt is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧈 Can this change be undone: rusting iron? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone

Answer key

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

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