Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 304 · 40 questions

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.

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

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