Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 322 · 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.🧈 What is the watery liquid left after the butter forms? (a) honey (b) vinegar (c) oil (d) buttermilk
2. 2.True or false: a balloon is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: dissolving salt is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so it turns yellow (b) so it gets hot (c) so air gets out (d) so cream does not spill
5. 5.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) fresh cream (b) a mirror (c) cold water to rinse (d) a bowl
6. 6.🧈 Can this change be undone: rusting iron? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking an egg (b) rusting iron (c) dissolving salt (d) baking a cake
8. 8.🛟 Why is a plastic jar a good choice for shaking? (a) it is heavier (b) it is magnetic (c) it will not break (d) it is hotter
9. 9.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it turns pink (b) it takes much longer (c) it is much faster (d) it makes salt
10. 10.🧈 Can this change be undone: dissolving salt? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
11. 11.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the same jar is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔍 What do you see after shaking cream in a jar for a long time? (a) sugar crystals (b) clear water only (c) bubbles of gas (d) lumps of butter
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting ice (b) dissolving salt (c) cooking an egg (d) melting butter
14. 14.⚖️ 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 amount of cream (c) the cream temperature
15. 15.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) yeast (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) a timer (d) fresh cream
16. 16.True or false: milk turning to curd is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) fresh cream (c) turmeric powder (d) a bowl
18. 18.⚖️ 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
19. 19.⚖️ 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
20. 20.🧈 Why does shaking cream make butter? (a) shaking adds salt (b) fat bits stick together (c) the lid is warm (d) the jar adds butter
21. 21.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a bowl (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) a magnet (d) cold water to rinse
22. 22.⚖️ 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
23. 23.True or false: melting butter is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) a bowl (d) a magnet
25. 25.True or false: freezing water is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting ice? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
27. 27.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: time to make butter is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting ice (b) dissolving salt (c) milk turning to curd (d) freezing water
29. 29.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) powder (b) ice (c) thick whipped cream (d) clear water
30. 30.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) it turns to cheese (b) more butter forms (c) it turns blue (d) no butter forms
31. 31.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) how hard we shake (b) the cream temperature (c) time to make butter (d) the amount of cream
32. 32.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a magnet (b) a balloon (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) yeast
33. 33.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) cheese (b) ghee (c) butter lumps (d) still runny cream
34. 34.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a balloon (c) a bowl (d) fresh cream
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) folding paper (b) baking a cake (c) freezing water (d) melting ice
36. 36.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) fresh cream (c) a timer (d) yeast
37. 37.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a mirror (b) fresh cream (c) turmeric powder (d) a battery cell
38. 38.True or false: browning lemon ink is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the same jar is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: fresh cream is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False

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