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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 349 · 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.🧺 Do we need a bowl for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  2. 2.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting ice (b) melting butter (c) folding paper (d) rusting iron
  3. 3.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) ice (b) powder (c) thick whipped cream (d) clear water
  4. 4.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a timer (b) yeast (c) fresh cream (d) a bowl
  5. 5.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so it turns yellow (b) so it gets hot (c) so cream does not spill (d) so air gets out
  6. 6.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) a battery cell (c) a mirror (d) a magnet
  7. 7.🧺 Do we need a magnet for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  8. 8.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “time to make butter”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
  9. 9.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the same jar”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
  10. 10.🧈 Can this change be undone: milk turning to curd? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  11. 11.🧈 What is the watery liquid left after the butter forms? (a) honey (b) buttermilk (c) vinegar (d) oil
  12. 12.⚖️ 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) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting butter (b) folding paper (c) rusting iron (d) dissolving salt
  14. 14.True or false: a balloon is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: a battery cell is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🧺 Do we need yeast for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) folding paper (b) milk turning to curd (c) melting butter (d) melting ice
  18. 18.⚖️ 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
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting ice (b) folding paper (c) dissolving salt (d) cooking an egg
  20. 20.True or false: fresh cream is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔍 What do you see after shaking cream in a jar for a long time? (a) sugar crystals (b) clear water only (c) lumps of butter (d) bubbles of gas
  22. 22.True or false: folding paper is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a mirror (b) cold water to rinse (c) fresh cream (d) a timer
  24. 24.🧈 Can this change be undone: browning lemon ink? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  25. 25.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a timer (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) a battery cell (d) a bowl
  26. 26.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the cream temperature (b) how hard we shake (c) time to make butter
  27. 27.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the cream temperature (b) how hard we shake (c) time to make butter (d) the same jar
  28. 28.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a timer (b) a bowl (c) a balloon (d) a jar with a tight lid
  29. 29.🔮 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
  30. 30.True or false: a timer is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) folding paper (b) browning lemon ink (c) melting ice (d) freezing water
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting ice (b) browning lemon ink (c) freezing water (d) melting butter
  33. 33.⚖️ 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
  34. 34.⚖️ 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) False (b) True
  35. 35.🧺 Do we need a jar with a tight lid for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  36. 36.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) cold water to rinse (c) fresh cream (d) turmeric powder
  37. 37.⚖️ 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
  38. 38.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) butter lumps (b) ghee (c) cheese (d) still runny cream
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dissolving salt (b) milk turning to curd (c) cooking an egg (d) baking a cake
  40. 40.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting ice (b) milk turning to curd (c) melting butter (d) folding paper

Answer key

  1. needed
  2. rusting iron
  3. thick whipped cream
  4. yeast
  5. so cream does not spill
  6. a jar with a tight lid
  7. not needed
  8. we measure it
  9. we keep it the same
  10. cannot be undone
  11. buttermilk
  12. False
  13. rusting iron
  14. True
  15. True
  16. not needed
  17. milk turning to curd
  18. we change it
  19. cooking an egg
  20. False
  21. lumps of butter
  22. False
  23. a mirror
  24. cannot be undone
  25. a battery cell
  26. how hard we shake
  27. the cream temperature
  28. a balloon
  29. no butter forms
  30. True
  31. browning lemon ink
  32. browning lemon ink
  33. True
  34. True
  35. needed
  36. turmeric powder
  37. False
  38. still runny cream
  39. dissolving salt
  40. milk turning to curd

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