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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 373 · 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.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a timer (b) a battery cell (c) turmeric powder (d) a mirror
  2. 2.🧈 What is the watery liquid left after the butter forms? (a) buttermilk (b) oil (c) vinegar (d) honey
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting ice (b) folding paper (c) baking a cake (d) melting butter
  4. 4.🧈 Can this change be undone: dissolving salt? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  5. 5.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) butter lumps (b) still runny cream (c) cheese (d) ghee
  6. 6.🛟 Why is a plastic jar a good choice for shaking? (a) it will not break (b) it is heavier (c) it is magnetic (d) it is hotter
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) baking a cake (b) milk turning to curd (c) browning lemon ink (d) melting butter
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) browning lemon ink (b) baking a cake (c) melting ice (d) rusting iron
  9. 9.True or false: a magnet is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) fresh cream (b) yeast (c) cold water to rinse (d) a timer
  11. 11.⚖️ 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
  12. 12.True or false: melting butter is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the same jar is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) cooking an egg (c) melting butter (d) milk turning to curd
  15. 15.🧺 Do we need a bowl for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  16. 16.🔍 What do you see after shaking cream in a jar for a long time? (a) clear water only (b) sugar crystals (c) lumps of butter (d) bubbles of gas
  17. 17.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the amount of cream”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
  18. 18.True or false: a battery cell is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so it gets hot (b) so air gets out (c) so cream does not spill (d) so it turns yellow
  20. 20.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) a bowl (c) a battery cell (d) a timer
  21. 21.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) cooking an egg (b) freezing water (c) milk turning to curd (d) browning lemon ink
  22. 22.True or false: folding paper is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the cream temperature (b) the amount of cream (c) time to make butter
  24. 24.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) fresh cream (c) a bowl (d) a magnet
  25. 25.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) melting ice (b) milk turning to curd (c) baking a cake (d) cooking an egg
  26. 26.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) a timer (c) fresh cream (d) turmeric powder
  27. 27.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) time to make butter (b) the amount of cream (c) the cream temperature (d) the same jar
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) baking a cake (b) folding paper (c) cooking an egg (d) milk turning to curd
  29. 29.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the same jar (b) the amount of cream (c) the cream temperature (d) time to make butter
  30. 30.🧈 Can this change be undone: baking a cake? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  31. 31.🧺 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
  32. 32.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we measure it
  33. 33.🧺 Do we need a mirror for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  34. 34.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) dissolving salt (b) milk turning to curd (c) melting ice (d) folding paper
  35. 35.🧺 Do we need a jar with a tight lid for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  36. 36.True or false: browning lemon ink is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting ice (b) freezing water (c) dissolving salt (d) cooking an egg
  38. 38.⚖️ 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
  39. 39.True or false: melting butter is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: freezing water is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. a timer
  2. buttermilk
  3. baking a cake
  4. can be undone
  5. still runny cream
  6. it will not break
  7. melting butter
  8. melting ice
  9. True
  10. yeast
  11. False
  12. True
  13. True
  14. melting butter
  15. needed
  16. lumps of butter
  17. we keep it the same
  18. True
  19. so cream does not spill
  20. a battery cell
  21. freezing water
  22. False
  23. the amount of cream
  24. a magnet
  25. melting ice
  26. turmeric powder
  27. the cream temperature
  28. folding paper
  29. time to make butter
  30. cannot be undone
  31. a balloon
  32. we change it
  33. not needed
  34. milk turning to curd
  35. needed
  36. True
  37. cooking an egg
  38. we keep it the same
  39. False
  40. True

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