Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 457 · 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 of these is needed for making butter? (a) fresh cream (b) yeast (c) a balloon (d) a magnet
2. 2.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) no butter forms (b) it turns blue (c) more butter forms (d) it turns to cheese
3. 3.🧺 Do we need a magnet for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
4. 4.True or false: a mirror is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.⚖️ 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
6. 6.🧈 Can this change be undone: rusting iron? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
7. 7.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) ice (b) powder (c) thick whipped cream (d) clear water
8. 8.True or false: melting butter is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: yeast is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.⚖️ 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) the amount of cream
11. 11.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) a battery cell (c) cold water to rinse (d) fresh cream
12. 12.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so it turns yellow (b) so it gets hot (c) so cream does not spill (d) so air gets out
13. 13.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the same jar (b) time to make butter (c) the amount of cream (d) the cream temperature
14. 14.⚖️ 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
15. 15.⚖️ 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
16. 16.True or false: fresh cream is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.⚖️ 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 amount of cream (c) time to make butter (d) the same jar
18. 18.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a bowl (c) a timer (d) a balloon
19. 19.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) milk turning to curd (b) baking a cake (c) browning lemon ink (d) folding paper
20. 20.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we change it
21. 21.True or false: a timer is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) cooking an egg (b) melting ice (c) freezing water (d) melting butter
23. 23.⚖️ 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
24. 24.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) fresh cream (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) cold water to rinse (d) yeast
25. 25.True or false: a balloon is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🧈 Can this change be undone: folding paper? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
27. 27.⚖️ 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
28. 28.🧈 Can this change be undone: browning lemon ink? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
29. 29.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a mirror (b) a bowl (c) a timer (d) cold water to rinse
30. 30.🛟 Why is a plastic jar a good choice for shaking? (a) it is hotter (b) it is heavier (c) it will not break (d) it is magnetic
31. 31.⚖️ 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
32. 32.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting butter? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) freezing water (b) melting butter (c) browning lemon ink (d) folding paper
34. 34.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) cooking an egg (b) dissolving salt (c) baking a cake (d) rusting iron
35. 35.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cold water to rinse (b) turmeric powder (c) a timer (d) fresh cream
36. 36.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a timer (b) a mirror (c) a balloon (d) turmeric powder
37. 37.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the cream temperature is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🧺 Do we need fresh cream for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
39. 39.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) cooking an egg (c) freezing water (d) milk turning to curd
40. 40.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting butter (b) melting ice (c) rusting iron (d) dissolving salt

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