Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 388 · 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.🧺 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) fresh cream
2. 2.True or false: melting ice is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: yeast is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: turmeric powder is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) still runny cream (b) butter lumps (c) ghee (d) cheese
6. 6.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a magnet (b) turmeric powder (c) a battery cell (d) a bowl
7. 7.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the same jar is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🛟 Why is a plastic jar a good choice for shaking? (a) it is magnetic (b) it is heavier (c) it will not break (d) it is hotter
9. 9.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so it gets hot (b) so cream does not spill (c) so air gets out (d) so it turns yellow
10. 10.⚖️ 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
11. 11.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the amount of cream”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
12. 12.True or false: a balloon is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: a timer is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) more butter forms (b) no butter forms (c) it turns to cheese (d) it turns blue
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking an egg (b) dissolving salt (c) melting ice (d) freezing water
16. 16.⚖️ 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
17. 17.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a bowl (b) cold water to rinse (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) yeast
18. 18.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) thick whipped cream (b) clear water (c) powder (d) ice
19. 19.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a bowl (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) turmeric powder
20. 20.⚖️ 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
21. 21.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) freezing water (b) baking a cake (c) folding paper (d) dissolving salt
22. 22.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a balloon (b) fresh cream (c) yeast (d) a mirror
23. 23.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the amount of cream (b) the same jar (c) the cream temperature (d) time to make butter
24. 24.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the cream temperature (b) time to make butter (c) how hard we shake
25. 25.⚖️ 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
26. 26.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) fresh cream (c) a bowl (d) turmeric powder
27. 27.True or false: a balloon is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a bowl (b) fresh cream (c) a balloon (d) cold water to rinse
29. 29.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) melting ice (c) cooking an egg (d) rusting iron
30. 30.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a battery cell (b) cold water to rinse (c) a magnet (d) yeast
31. 31.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) a bowl (c) cold water to rinse (d) a battery cell
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rusting iron (b) dissolving salt (c) freezing water (d) folding paper
33. 33.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) yeast (c) a mirror (d) a magnet
34. 34.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) freezing water (b) melting ice (c) milk turning to curd (d) melting butter
35. 35.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it makes salt (b) it turns pink (c) it is much faster (d) it takes much longer
36. 36.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the cream temperature (b) the same jar (c) time to make butter (d) the amount of cream
37. 37.True or false: yeast is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🧈 Can this change be undone: dissolving salt? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
39. 39.🔍 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
40. 40.🧺 Do we need fresh cream for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed

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