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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 488 · 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: fresh cream is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it takes much longer (b) it turns pink (c) it makes salt (d) it is much faster
  3. 3.🧈 Can this change be undone: baking a cake? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  4. 4.True or false: folding paper is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) ice (b) clear water (c) powder (d) thick whipped cream
  6. 6.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) butter lumps (b) cheese (c) still runny cream (d) ghee
  7. 7.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) fresh cream (d) a mirror
  8. 8.⚖️ 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) how hard we shake (c) the amount of cream (d) the cream temperature
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) milk turning to curd (b) cooking an egg (c) baking a cake (d) folding paper
  10. 10.🛟 Why is a plastic jar a good choice for shaking? (a) it is hotter (b) it will not break (c) it is heavier (d) it is magnetic
  11. 11.True or false: a mirror is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting butter (b) rusting iron (c) cooking an egg (d) milk turning to curd
  13. 13.⚖️ 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
  14. 14.True or false: a magnet is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🧈 Can this change be undone: browning lemon ink? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  16. 16.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting butter? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  17. 17.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the cream temperature is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: a magnet is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) folding paper (b) dissolving salt (c) melting ice (d) browning lemon ink
  20. 20.True or false: a mirror is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) baking a cake (b) milk turning to curd (c) rusting iron (d) melting ice
  22. 22.🧈 What is the watery liquid left after the butter forms? (a) honey (b) buttermilk (c) oil (d) vinegar
  23. 23.True or false: a jar with a tight lid is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) fresh cream (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) a timer (d) turmeric powder
  25. 25.🛟 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
  26. 26.True or false: a jar with a tight lid is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: a bowl is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) no butter forms (b) more butter forms (c) it turns blue (d) it turns to cheese
  29. 29.True or false: melting ice is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  31. 31.🧈 Can this change be undone: rusting iron? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dissolving salt (b) folding paper (c) melting butter (d) milk turning to curd
  33. 33.⚖️ 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 change it (c) we keep it the same
  34. 34.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) folding paper (b) dissolving salt (c) melting ice (d) baking a cake
  35. 35.True or false: fresh cream is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a mirror (b) a timer (c) fresh cream (d) a jar with a tight lid
  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) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔍 What do you see after shaking cream in a jar for a long time? (a) bubbles of gas (b) sugar crystals (c) clear water only (d) lumps of butter
  39. 39.True or false: a battery cell is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the cream temperature (b) how hard we shake (c) time to make butter

Answer key

  1. True
  2. it takes much longer
  3. cannot be undone
  4. True
  5. thick whipped cream
  6. still runny cream
  7. a mirror
  8. the cream temperature
  9. folding paper
  10. it will not break
  11. True
  12. melting butter
  13. True
  14. True
  15. cannot be undone
  16. can be undone
  17. False
  18. False
  19. browning lemon ink
  20. False
  21. melting ice
  22. buttermilk
  23. True
  24. turmeric powder
  25. so cream does not spill
  26. False
  27. True
  28. no butter forms
  29. True
  30. not needed
  31. cannot be undone
  32. milk turning to curd
  33. we keep it the same
  34. baking a cake
  35. False
  36. a mirror
  37. True
  38. lumps of butter
  39. True
  40. how hard we shake

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