Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 461 · 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.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) no butter forms (b) it turns to cheese (c) it turns blue (d) more butter forms
2. 2.True or false: a jar with a tight lid is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) folding paper (b) milk turning to curd (c) baking a cake (d) rusting iron
4. 4.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) dissolving salt (b) freezing water (c) melting butter (d) cooking an egg
5. 5.🧺 Do we need a jar with a tight lid for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
6. 6.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) cheese (b) still runny cream (c) butter lumps (d) ghee
7. 7.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so it gets hot (b) so it turns yellow (c) so cream does not spill (d) so air gets out
8. 8.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) fresh cream (b) a mirror (c) a magnet (d) a balloon
9. 9.🛟 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
10. 10.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
11. 11.🧺 Do we need fresh cream for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
12. 12.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the cream temperature (b) how hard we shake (c) the same jar (d) time to make butter
13. 13.True or false: a timer is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the cream temperature (b) the same jar (c) time to make butter
15. 15.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a timer (b) a bowl (c) cold water to rinse (d) a mirror
16. 16.⚖️ 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
17. 17.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a balloon (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) a bowl (d) a timer
18. 18.⚖️ 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 same jar (c) how hard we shake (d) the cream temperature
19. 19.⚖️ 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
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting butter (b) folding paper (c) milk turning to curd (d) melting ice
21. 21.⚖️ 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
22. 22.🧺 Do we need a mirror for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
23. 23.True or false: a magnet is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a magnet (b) a timer (c) a mirror (d) a balloon
25. 25.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we change it
26. 26.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) milk turning to curd (b) dissolving salt (c) melting butter (d) melting ice
27. 27.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: how hard we shake is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a battery cell (b) a magnet (c) cold water to rinse (d) yeast
29. 29.True or false: milk turning to curd is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.⚖️ 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
31. 31.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting butter (b) folding paper (c) melting ice (d) rusting iron
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) freezing water (b) browning lemon ink (c) milk turning to curd (d) rusting iron
33. 33.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a magnet (b) a balloon (c) a bowl (d) turmeric powder
34. 34.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting butter? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
35. 35.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) fresh cream (b) yeast (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) a timer
36. 36.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) fresh cream (b) a bowl (c) a timer (d) a battery cell
37. 37.True or false: rusting iron is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🧈 Why does shaking cream make butter? (a) the lid is warm (b) shaking adds salt (c) the jar adds butter (d) fat bits stick together
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) baking a cake (b) dissolving salt (c) freezing water (d) folding paper
40. 40.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the cream temperature”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it

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