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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 413 · 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.True or false: melting butter is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a balloon (b) a magnet (c) a battery cell (d) a bowl
  3. 3.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the cream temperature”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
  4. 4.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting ice? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  5. 5.🧈 Can this change be undone: baking a cake? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  6. 6.True or false: baking a cake is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a balloon (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) a timer
  8. 8.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the same jar is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) fresh cream (b) a bowl (c) a timer (d) yeast
  10. 10.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) cheese (b) butter lumps (c) ghee (d) still runny cream
  11. 11.⚖️ 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) time to make butter (c) the cream temperature (d) the same jar
  12. 12.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) rusting iron (b) freezing water (c) folding paper (d) melting ice
  13. 13.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the same jar (b) how hard we shake (c) the amount of cream (d) time to make butter
  14. 14.🧺 Do we need yeast for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  15. 15.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a bowl (b) cold water to rinse (c) yeast (d) fresh cream
  16. 16.🧈 What is the watery liquid left after the butter forms? (a) vinegar (b) honey (c) oil (d) buttermilk
  17. 17.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so air gets out (b) so cream does not spill (c) so it gets hot (d) so it turns yellow
  18. 18.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) turmeric powder (b) a battery cell (c) a balloon (d) cold water to rinse
  19. 19.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it takes much longer (b) it turns pink (c) it is much faster (d) it makes salt
  20. 20.⚖️ 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 change it (c) we measure it
  21. 21.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) rusting iron (b) baking a cake (c) cooking an egg (d) dissolving salt
  22. 22.🧺 Do we need cold water to rinse for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  23. 23.True or false: a bowl is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.⚖️ 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
  25. 25.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) freezing water (b) dissolving salt (c) browning lemon ink (d) folding paper
  26. 26.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) rusting iron (c) cooking an egg (d) freezing water
  27. 27.True or false: a bowl is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a bowl (b) a timer (c) a battery cell (d) cold water to rinse
  29. 29.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the amount of cream is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) it turns blue (b) no butter forms (c) it turns to cheese (d) more butter forms
  31. 31.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a timer (b) cold water to rinse (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) a mirror
  32. 32.⚖️ 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 same jar (c) the cream temperature
  33. 33.⚖️ 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
  34. 34.⚖️ 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
  35. 35.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) powder (b) ice (c) thick whipped cream (d) clear water
  36. 36.🧈 Can this change be undone: browning lemon ink? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  37. 37.True or false: freezing water is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: a jar with a tight lid is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🧺 Do we need a balloon for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  40. 40.🧺 Do we need fresh cream for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed

Answer key

  1. False
  2. a bowl
  3. we change it
  4. can be undone
  5. cannot be undone
  6. False
  7. a balloon
  8. False
  9. yeast
  10. still runny cream
  11. the cream temperature
  12. rusting iron
  13. time to make butter
  14. not needed
  15. yeast
  16. buttermilk
  17. so cream does not spill
  18. cold water to rinse
  19. it takes much longer
  20. we keep it the same
  21. dissolving salt
  22. needed
  23. True
  24. True
  25. browning lemon ink
  26. freezing water
  27. False
  28. a battery cell
  29. True
  30. no butter forms
  31. a mirror
  32. the same jar
  33. True
  34. the amount of cream
  35. thick whipped cream
  36. cannot be undone
  37. True
  38. False
  39. not needed
  40. needed

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