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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 48 · 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.True or false: a jar with a tight lid is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking an egg (b) freezing water (c) melting ice (d) folding paper
  3. 3.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) browning lemon ink (c) rusting iron (d) melting butter
  4. 4.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) fresh cream (b) a timer (c) yeast (d) a bowl
  5. 5.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a timer (b) a magnet (c) fresh cream (d) a bowl
  6. 6.True or false: milk turning to curd is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.⚖️ 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
  8. 8.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it takes much longer (b) it is much faster (c) it turns pink (d) it makes salt
  9. 9.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) still runny cream (b) cheese (c) ghee (d) butter lumps
  10. 10.⚖️ 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) False (b) True
  11. 11.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the same jar is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🧈 Can this change be undone: freezing water? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  13. 13.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “time to make butter”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
  14. 14.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) folding paper (b) melting ice (c) freezing water (d) baking a cake
  15. 15.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) folding paper (b) rusting iron (c) milk turning to curd (d) baking a cake
  16. 16.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting ice? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  17. 17.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a bowl (c) turmeric powder (d) fresh cream
  18. 18.True or false: melting ice is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: a balloon is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.⚖️ 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
  21. 21.🧈 Why does shaking cream make butter? (a) shaking adds salt (b) fat bits stick together (c) the lid is warm (d) the jar adds butter
  22. 22.True or false: baking a cake is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so air gets out (b) so it gets hot (c) so cream does not spill (d) so it turns yellow
  24. 24.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) yeast (b) a magnet (c) a balloon (d) fresh cream
  25. 25.🧺 Do we need fresh cream for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  26. 26.True or false: yeast is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: a magnet is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.⚖️ 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
  29. 29.⚖️ 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
  30. 30.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) fresh cream (b) a timer (c) a magnet (d) a bowl
  31. 31.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the same jar (b) time to make butter (c) the cream temperature
  32. 32.🧈 Can this change be undone: folding paper? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  33. 33.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) more butter forms (b) it turns to cheese (c) it turns blue (d) no butter forms
  34. 34.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a bowl (b) a balloon (c) a magnet (d) a battery cell
  35. 35.True or false: melting ice is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: a bowl is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🧺 Do we need cold water to rinse for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  38. 38.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting butter? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  39. 39.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) fresh cream (b) a mirror (c) a bowl (d) a jar with a tight lid
  40. 40.⚖️ 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) how hard we shake

Answer key

  1. False
  2. cooking an egg
  3. melting butter
  4. yeast
  5. a magnet
  6. True
  7. True
  8. it takes much longer
  9. still runny cream
  10. False
  11. False
  12. can be undone
  13. we measure it
  14. baking a cake
  15. folding paper
  16. can be undone
  17. turmeric powder
  18. True
  19. False
  20. we keep it the same
  21. fat bits stick together
  22. False
  23. so cream does not spill
  24. fresh cream
  25. needed
  26. True
  27. False
  28. we keep it the same
  29. True
  30. a magnet
  31. the same jar
  32. can be undone
  33. no butter forms
  34. a bowl
  35. False
  36. False
  37. needed
  38. can be undone
  39. a mirror
  40. how hard we shake

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