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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 309 · 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 jar with a tight lid (c) a timer (d) a battery cell
  2. 2.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: time to make butter is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🛟 Why is a plastic jar a good choice for shaking? (a) it is hotter (b) it is heavier (c) it will not break (d) it is magnetic
  4. 4.True or false: yeast is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.⚖️ 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
  6. 6.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) freezing water (b) rusting iron (c) milk turning to curd (d) browning lemon ink
  7. 7.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting ice? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  8. 8.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting butter? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  9. 9.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a battery cell (b) turmeric powder (c) fresh cream (d) a magnet
  10. 10.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting butter (b) rusting iron (c) dissolving salt (d) melting ice
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) milk turning to curd (b) freezing water (c) folding paper (d) melting butter
  12. 12.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a timer (b) a mirror (c) a bowl (d) a jar with a tight lid
  13. 13.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) freezing water (b) cooking an egg (c) dissolving salt (d) folding paper
  14. 14.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the cream temperature”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
  15. 15.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a magnet (b) a battery cell (c) cold water to rinse (d) turmeric powder
  16. 16.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) cold water to rinse (b) yeast (c) a timer (d) a bowl
  17. 17.True or false: melting butter is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: a jar with a tight lid is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🧈 Can this change be undone: browning lemon ink? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  20. 20.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cold water to rinse (b) yeast (c) fresh cream (d) a jar with a tight lid
  21. 21.True or false: fresh cream is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🧈 Can this change be undone: rusting iron? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dissolving salt (b) cooking an egg (c) folding paper (d) freezing water
  24. 24.True or false: cooking an egg is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) milk turning to curd (b) dissolving salt (c) browning lemon ink (d) rusting iron
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) freezing water (b) rusting iron (c) dissolving salt (d) melting ice
  27. 27.🧈 Can this change be undone: dissolving salt? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  28. 28.True or false: a mirror is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) butter lumps (b) ghee (c) cheese (d) still runny cream
  30. 30.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) turmeric powder (c) cold water to rinse (d) a bowl
  31. 31.⚖️ 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
  32. 32.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a bowl (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) cold water to rinse (d) a balloon
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting butter (b) melting ice (c) browning lemon ink (d) freezing water
  34. 34.⚖️ 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
  35. 35.⚖️ 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 change it (c) we keep it the same
  36. 36.🧺 Do we need a jar with a tight lid for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  37. 37.🧈 What is the watery liquid left after the butter forms? (a) buttermilk (b) vinegar (c) honey (d) oil
  38. 38.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so it turns yellow (b) so cream does not spill (c) so it gets hot (d) so air gets out
  39. 39.True or false: a battery cell is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking an egg (b) baking a cake (c) dissolving salt (d) rusting iron

Answer key

  1. a battery cell
  2. False
  3. it will not break
  4. True
  5. False
  6. freezing water
  7. can be undone
  8. can be undone
  9. fresh cream
  10. rusting iron
  11. milk turning to curd
  12. a mirror
  13. cooking an egg
  14. we change it
  15. cold water to rinse
  16. yeast
  17. True
  18. True
  19. cannot be undone
  20. yeast
  21. True
  22. cannot be undone
  23. cooking an egg
  24. True
  25. dissolving salt
  26. rusting iron
  27. can be undone
  28. False
  29. still runny cream
  30. turmeric powder
  31. False
  32. a balloon
  33. browning lemon ink
  34. the same jar
  35. we keep it the same
  36. needed
  37. buttermilk
  38. so cream does not spill
  39. False
  40. dissolving salt

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