Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 437 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting butter (b) folding paper (c) cooking an egg (d) freezing water
2. 2.True or false: folding paper is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting ice (b) baking a cake (c) rusting iron (d) cooking an egg
4. 4.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) dissolving salt (b) melting ice (c) melting butter (d) baking a cake
5. 5.True or false: a mirror is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🧈 Can this change be undone: freezing water? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
7. 7.🧈 What is the watery liquid left after the butter forms? (a) honey (b) oil (c) buttermilk (d) vinegar
8. 8.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a mirror (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) cold water to rinse (d) a timer
9. 9.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) cheese (b) ghee (c) still runny cream (d) butter lumps
10. 10.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a magnet (b) a battery cell (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) a mirror
11. 11.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) more butter forms (b) it turns to cheese (c) no butter forms (d) it turns blue
12. 12.True or false: freezing water is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🛟 Why is a plastic jar a good choice for shaking? (a) it will not break (b) it is magnetic (c) it is hotter (d) it is heavier
14. 14.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting ice? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
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) the cream temperature (c) how hard we shake (d) time to make butter
16. 16.⚖️ 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
17. 17.True or false: browning lemon ink is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.⚖️ 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
19. 19.⚖️ 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
20. 20.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a timer (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) fresh cream (d) a magnet
21. 21.True or false: a magnet is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.⚖️ 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
23. 23.🧺 Do we need a timer for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
24. 24.⚖️ 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
25. 25.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) browning lemon ink (b) milk turning to curd (c) melting ice (d) cooking an egg
26. 26.⚖️ 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 cream temperature (c) time to make butter (d) how hard we shake
27. 27.⚖️ 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
28. 28.True or false: melting butter is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🧺 Do we need a mirror for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
30. 30.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it turns pink (b) it makes salt (c) it is much faster (d) it takes much longer
31. 31.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) freezing water (b) folding paper (c) cooking an egg (d) melting butter
32. 32.True or false: a jar with a tight lid is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 What do you see after shaking cream in a jar for a long time? (a) bubbles of gas (b) sugar crystals (c) lumps of butter (d) clear water only
34. 34.True or false: melting ice is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the cream temperature is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🧈 Why does shaking cream make butter? (a) the lid is warm (b) the jar adds butter (c) fat bits stick together (d) shaking adds salt
38. 38.True or false: melting butter is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🛟 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
40. 40.True or false: cooking an egg is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False

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