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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 426 · 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 a change that can be undone? (a) dissolving salt (b) browning lemon ink (c) milk turning to curd (d) baking a cake
  2. 2.True or false: yeast is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) a magnet (c) fresh cream (d) cold water to rinse
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting butter (b) milk turning to curd (c) folding paper (d) melting ice
  5. 5.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting ice? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  6. 6.True or false: cooking an egg is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “time to make butter”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
  8. 8.True or false: a balloon is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.⚖️ 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 cream temperature (c) how hard we shake
  10. 10.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  11. 11.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a bowl (b) fresh cream (c) a balloon (d) a timer
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dissolving salt (b) cooking an egg (c) milk turning to curd (d) browning lemon ink
  13. 13.🔍 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
  14. 14.🛟 Why is a plastic jar a good choice for shaking? (a) it is hotter (b) it will not break (c) it is heavier (d) it is magnetic
  15. 15.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the same jar (b) time to make butter (c) how hard we shake (d) the cream temperature
  16. 16.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “how hard we shake”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
  17. 17.🧺 Do we need a balloon for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  18. 18.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the amount of cream is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a bowl (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) a timer (d) turmeric powder
  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 magnet (d) cold water to rinse
  21. 21.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) milk turning to curd (b) freezing water (c) dissolving salt (d) folding paper
  22. 22.⚖️ 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
  23. 23.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) milk turning to curd (b) rusting iron (c) browning lemon ink (d) freezing water
  24. 24.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so it gets hot (b) so cream does not spill (c) so it turns yellow (d) so air gets out
  25. 25.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) ghee (b) cheese (c) butter lumps (d) still runny cream
  26. 26.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🧺 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) a mirror
  28. 28.True or false: fresh cream is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) ice (b) thick whipped cream (c) clear water (d) powder
  30. 30.🧈 Can this change be undone: browning lemon ink? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  31. 31.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it is much faster (b) it makes salt (c) it turns pink (d) it takes much longer
  32. 32.⚖️ 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 measure it (c) we keep it the same
  33. 33.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting butter (b) dissolving salt (c) melting ice (d) browning lemon ink
  34. 34.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cold water to rinse (b) yeast (c) fresh cream (d) a jar with a tight lid
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) freezing water (b) melting ice (c) melting butter (d) baking a cake
  36. 36.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) dissolving salt (c) folding paper (d) melting ice
  37. 37.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a bowl (b) a timer (c) turmeric powder (d) fresh cream
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) milk turning to curd (b) freezing water (c) baking a cake (d) cooking an egg
  39. 39.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) turmeric powder (b) a timer (c) yeast (d) a battery cell
  40. 40.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a mirror (b) fresh cream (c) a bowl (d) a jar with a tight lid

Answer key

  1. dissolving salt
  2. True
  3. a magnet
  4. milk turning to curd
  5. can be undone
  6. False
  7. we measure it
  8. False
  9. how hard we shake
  10. not needed
  11. a balloon
  12. dissolving salt
  13. lumps of butter
  14. it will not break
  15. time to make butter
  16. we keep it the same
  17. not needed
  18. True
  19. turmeric powder
  20. a magnet
  21. milk turning to curd
  22. True
  23. freezing water
  24. so cream does not spill
  25. still runny cream
  26. True
  27. a mirror
  28. False
  29. thick whipped cream
  30. cannot be undone
  31. it takes much longer
  32. we keep it the same
  33. browning lemon ink
  34. yeast
  35. baking a cake
  36. baking a cake
  37. turmeric powder
  38. freezing water
  39. a timer
  40. a mirror

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