Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 478 · 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) it turns to cheese (b) no butter forms (c) it turns blue (d) more butter forms
2. 2.🧺 Do we need fresh cream for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
3. 3.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
4. 4.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) freezing water (c) milk turning to curd (d) rusting iron
5. 5.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) cheese (b) butter lumps (c) still runny cream (d) ghee
6. 6.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the cream temperature”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
7. 7.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) fresh cream (b) a balloon (c) a magnet (d) turmeric powder
8. 8.True or false: a balloon is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🛟 Why is a plastic jar a good choice for shaking? (a) it is heavier (b) it is hotter (c) it is magnetic (d) it will not break
10. 10.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) a timer (c) a bowl (d) turmeric powder
11. 11.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) yeast (b) a magnet (c) a timer (d) a balloon
12. 12.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a magnet (b) a timer (c) a bowl (d) a jar with a tight lid
13. 13.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) fresh cream (b) cold water to rinse (c) a balloon (d) a jar with a tight lid
14. 14.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) folding paper (b) baking a cake (c) rusting iron (d) cooking an egg
15. 15.True or false: cold water to rinse is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) dissolving salt (b) folding paper (c) melting ice (d) cooking an egg
17. 17.🧺 Do we need a mirror for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
18. 18.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a timer (b) a bowl (c) fresh cream (d) turmeric powder
19. 19.True or false: melting ice is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: how hard we shake is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) freezing water (b) melting ice (c) melting butter (d) rusting iron
22. 22.True or false: rusting iron is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.⚖️ 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
24. 24.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so it turns yellow (b) so cream does not spill (c) so air gets out (d) so it gets hot
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rusting iron (b) cooking an egg (c) dissolving salt (d) baking a cake
26. 26.True or false: a jar with a tight lid is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) a bowl (c) yeast (d) cold water to rinse
28. 28.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) browning lemon ink (b) dissolving salt (c) milk turning to curd (d) cooking an egg
29. 29.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a mirror (b) turmeric powder (c) yeast (d) a bowl
30. 30.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the amount of cream”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
31. 31.🧺 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 battery cell
32. 32.True or false: fresh cream is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) freezing water (b) dissolving salt (c) milk turning to curd (d) melting ice
34. 34.🧈 Why does shaking cream make butter? (a) the lid is warm (b) the jar adds butter (c) shaking adds salt (d) fat bits stick together
35. 35.🧈 What is the watery liquid left after the butter forms? (a) vinegar (b) buttermilk (c) oil (d) honey
36. 36.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it is much faster (b) it takes much longer (c) it turns pink (d) it makes salt
37. 37.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) clear water (b) ice (c) thick whipped cream (d) powder
38. 38.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) how hard we shake (b) time to make butter (c) the cream temperature (d) the amount of cream
39. 39.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) cooking an egg (b) melting butter (c) milk turning to curd (d) browning lemon ink
40. 40.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we measure it

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