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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 468 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) folding paper (b) dissolving salt (c) freezing water (d) baking a cake
  2. 2.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  3. 3.🧈 Can this change be undone: milk turning to curd? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) folding paper (b) freezing water (c) melting butter (d) browning lemon ink
  5. 5.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a magnet (b) a bowl (c) yeast (d) a mirror
  6. 6.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) it turns to cheese (b) more butter forms (c) it turns blue (d) no butter forms
  7. 7.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the same jar”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
  8. 8.True or false: baking a cake is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🧺 Do we need a magnet for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting butter (b) cooking an egg (c) freezing water (d) dissolving salt
  11. 11.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: time to make butter is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🧈 Why does shaking cream make butter? (a) fat bits stick together (b) the lid is warm (c) shaking adds salt (d) the jar adds butter
  13. 13.True or false: melting ice is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) rusting iron (b) baking a cake (c) dissolving salt (d) milk turning to curd
  15. 15.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) fresh cream (b) cold water to rinse (c) a timer (d) a magnet
  16. 16.True or false: melting butter is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) clear water (b) powder (c) thick whipped cream (d) ice
  18. 18.True or false: yeast is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔍 What do you see after shaking cream in a jar for a long time? (a) bubbles of gas (b) clear water only (c) lumps of butter (d) sugar crystals
  20. 20.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so it gets hot (b) so air gets out (c) so it turns yellow (d) so cream does not spill
  21. 21.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) a balloon (c) a bowl (d) cold water to rinse
  22. 22.True or false: milk turning to curd is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the cream temperature (b) time to make butter (c) the amount of cream (d) how hard we shake
  24. 24.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting butter? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  25. 25.🧈 Can this change be undone: freezing water? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  26. 26.True or false: baking a cake is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting butter (b) melting ice (c) freezing water (d) baking a cake
  28. 28.⚖️ 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 measure it (c) we change it
  29. 29.🧺 Do we need a jar with a tight lid for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  30. 30.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the cream temperature is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a timer (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) fresh cream (d) a balloon
  32. 32.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) a bowl (c) cold water to rinse (d) yeast
  33. 33.True or false: freezing water is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: fresh cream is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🧈 Can this change be undone: folding paper? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  36. 36.True or false: cold water to rinse is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) time to make butter (b) the cream temperature (c) how hard we shake (d) the amount of cream
  38. 38.⚖️ 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
  39. 39.True or false: cold water to rinse is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a battery cell (b) a timer (c) cold water to rinse (d) a bowl

Answer key

  1. baking a cake
  2. not needed
  3. cannot be undone
  4. browning lemon ink
  5. a bowl
  6. no butter forms
  7. we keep it the same
  8. False
  9. not needed
  10. cooking an egg
  11. False
  12. fat bits stick together
  13. False
  14. dissolving salt
  15. a magnet
  16. True
  17. thick whipped cream
  18. False
  19. lumps of butter
  20. so cream does not spill
  21. a balloon
  22. True
  23. time to make butter
  24. can be undone
  25. can be undone
  26. True
  27. baking a cake
  28. we change it
  29. needed
  30. False
  31. a balloon
  32. yeast
  33. False
  34. True
  35. can be undone
  36. True
  37. the cream temperature
  38. True
  39. False
  40. a battery cell

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