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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 504 · 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.🧺 Do we need fresh cream for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  2. 2.🧺 Do we need a bowl for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  3. 3.True or false: a magnet is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the amount of cream is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: a balloon is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) butter lumps (b) still runny cream (c) cheese (d) ghee
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) baking a cake (b) melting butter (c) freezing water (d) dissolving salt
  8. 8.True or false: milk turning to curd is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🧈 Can this change be undone: milk turning to curd? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting ice (b) folding paper (c) melting butter (d) cooking an egg
  11. 11.🔍 What do you see after shaking cream in a jar for a long time? (a) lumps of butter (b) sugar crystals (c) clear water only (d) bubbles of gas
  12. 12.🧈 Why does shaking cream make butter? (a) the jar adds butter (b) the lid is warm (c) fat bits stick together (d) shaking adds salt
  13. 13.🔮 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
  14. 14.🧈 Can this change be undone: freezing water? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  15. 15.True or false: rusting iron is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a mirror (b) a magnet (c) turmeric powder (d) a bowl
  17. 17.🛟 Why is a plastic jar a good choice for shaking? (a) it will not break (b) it is hotter (c) it is magnetic (d) it is heavier
  18. 18.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the amount of cream”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
  19. 19.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting ice? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rusting iron (b) browning lemon ink (c) dissolving salt (d) cooking an egg
  21. 21.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) fresh cream (c) a battery cell (d) a bowl
  22. 22.🧺 Do we need cold water to rinse for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  23. 23.🧺 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 mirror (d) a bowl
  24. 24.🧺 Do we need a jar with a tight lid for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  25. 25.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  26. 26.True or false: rusting iron is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rusting iron (b) baking a cake (c) milk turning to curd (d) freezing water
  28. 28.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) browning lemon ink (b) dissolving salt (c) rusting iron (d) baking a cake
  29. 29.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the same jar (b) how hard we shake (c) the amount of cream (d) the cream temperature
  30. 30.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we measure it
  31. 31.⚖️ 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
  32. 32.True or false: cold water to rinse is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting butter (b) freezing water (c) dissolving salt (d) rusting iron
  34. 34.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  35. 35.⚖️ 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
  36. 36.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) yeast (b) a bowl (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) fresh cream
  37. 37.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) yeast (c) a bowl (d) fresh cream
  38. 38.True or false: a jar with a tight lid is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🧺 Do we need a magnet for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  40. 40.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a bowl (b) fresh cream (c) turmeric powder (d) a jar with a tight lid

Answer key

  1. needed
  2. needed
  3. False
  4. False
  5. True
  6. still runny cream
  7. baking a cake
  8. True
  9. cannot be undone
  10. cooking an egg
  11. lumps of butter
  12. fat bits stick together
  13. no butter forms
  14. can be undone
  15. False
  16. a bowl
  17. it will not break
  18. we keep it the same
  19. can be undone
  20. dissolving salt
  21. a battery cell
  22. needed
  23. a mirror
  24. needed
  25. not needed
  26. True
  27. freezing water
  28. dissolving salt
  29. the cream temperature
  30. we measure it
  31. False
  32. False
  33. rusting iron
  34. not needed
  35. we keep it the same
  36. yeast
  37. yeast
  38. True
  39. not needed
  40. turmeric powder

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