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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 406 · 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.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting butter? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  2. 2.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) yeast (b) a bowl (c) cold water to rinse (d) a jar with a tight lid
  3. 3.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) clear water (b) ice (c) powder (d) thick whipped cream
  4. 4.⚖️ 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
  5. 5.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so air gets out (b) so it turns yellow (c) so cream does not spill (d) so it gets hot
  6. 6.True or false: freezing water is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: a jar with a tight lid is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) milk turning to curd (c) cooking an egg (d) melting ice
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) freezing water (b) melting butter (c) milk turning to curd (d) melting ice
  10. 10.🧈 Can this change be undone: freezing water? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  11. 11.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) freezing water (b) folding paper (c) dissolving salt (d) cooking an egg
  12. 12.⚖️ 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) the amount of cream
  13. 13.True or false: melting butter is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) cheese (b) ghee (c) still runny cream (d) butter lumps
  15. 15.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a battery cell (b) a mirror (c) turmeric powder (d) fresh cream
  16. 16.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: rusting iron is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) fresh cream (b) a bowl (c) a timer (d) yeast
  19. 19.⚖️ 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
  20. 20.🧺 Do we need a balloon for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  21. 21.🧺 Do we need fresh cream for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  22. 22.⚖️ 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
  23. 23.🧈 Can this change be undone: folding paper? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) milk turning to curd (b) baking a cake (c) cooking an egg (d) melting butter
  25. 25.🧺 Do we need a jar with a tight lid for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  26. 26.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting ice (b) folding paper (c) milk turning to curd (d) dissolving salt
  27. 27.⚖️ 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
  28. 28.🔮 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
  29. 29.🧈 Can this change be undone: browning lemon ink? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  30. 30.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) browning lemon ink (b) rusting iron (c) dissolving salt (d) cooking an egg
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) freezing water (b) milk turning to curd (c) cooking an egg (d) baking a cake
  32. 32.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) no butter forms (b) more butter forms (c) it turns blue (d) it turns to cheese
  33. 33.🧺 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) turmeric powder
  34. 34.True or false: browning lemon ink is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: melting ice is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: a magnet is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the same jar”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
  38. 38.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) fresh cream (c) cold water to rinse (d) a magnet
  39. 39.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the amount of cream is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.⚖️ 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) how hard we shake (c) time to make butter (d) the cream temperature

Answer key

  1. can be undone
  2. yeast
  3. thick whipped cream
  4. True
  5. so cream does not spill
  6. False
  7. True
  8. melting ice
  9. milk turning to curd
  10. can be undone
  11. cooking an egg
  12. the amount of cream
  13. False
  14. still runny cream
  15. fresh cream
  16. True
  17. True
  18. yeast
  19. we keep it the same
  20. not needed
  21. needed
  22. we measure it
  23. can be undone
  24. melting butter
  25. needed
  26. milk turning to curd
  27. we keep it the same
  28. it takes much longer
  29. cannot be undone
  30. dissolving salt
  31. freezing water
  32. no butter forms
  33. turmeric powder
  34. False
  35. False
  36. True
  37. we keep it the same
  38. a magnet
  39. False
  40. the cream temperature

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