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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 508 · 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 a battery cell for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) browning lemon ink (b) melting butter (c) rusting iron (d) cooking an egg
  3. 3.⚖️ 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) the amount of cream
  4. 4.True or false: a timer is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so it turns yellow (b) so it gets hot (c) so air gets out (d) so cream does not spill
  6. 6.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting ice? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  7. 7.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) ice (b) powder (c) clear water (d) thick whipped cream
  8. 8.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) freezing water (b) dissolving salt (c) melting butter (d) cooking an egg
  9. 9.True or false: freezing water is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: a mirror is needed for making butter. (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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) folding paper (b) browning lemon ink (c) dissolving salt (d) melting ice
  13. 13.True or false: dissolving salt is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it takes much longer (b) it makes salt (c) it turns pink (d) it is much faster
  15. 15.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: how hard we shake is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking an egg (b) rusting iron (c) folding paper (d) baking a cake
  17. 17.⚖️ 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 measure it (c) we change it
  18. 18.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) rusting iron (b) cooking an egg (c) dissolving salt (d) baking a cake
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) baking a cake (b) rusting iron (c) browning lemon ink (d) melting ice
  20. 20.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the amount of cream”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
  21. 21.🧺 Do we need a bowl for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  22. 22.🧺 Do we need a timer for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  23. 23.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a timer (b) cold water to rinse (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) yeast
  24. 24.🧺 Do we need a jar with a tight lid for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  25. 25.🧺 Do we need cold water to rinse for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  26. 26.🔍 What do you see after shaking cream in a jar for a long time? (a) clear water only (b) sugar crystals (c) bubbles of gas (d) lumps of butter
  27. 27.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a timer (b) a battery cell (c) a bowl (d) cold water to rinse
  28. 28.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “how hard we shake”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
  29. 29.🧺 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) a mirror
  30. 30.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a timer (c) a magnet (d) fresh cream
  31. 31.True or false: yeast is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) cold water to rinse (c) a magnet (d) a bowl
  33. 33.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a bowl (c) fresh cream (d) turmeric powder
  34. 34.True or false: cooking an egg is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: milk turning to curd is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) still runny cream (b) butter lumps (c) ghee (d) cheese
  37. 37.True or false: a timer is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) a timer (c) fresh cream (d) a mirror
  39. 39.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: time to make butter is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) turmeric powder (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) a timer (d) fresh cream

Answer key

  1. not needed
  2. melting butter
  3. the amount of cream
  4. True
  5. so cream does not spill
  6. can be undone
  7. thick whipped cream
  8. cooking an egg
  9. True
  10. False
  11. False
  12. browning lemon ink
  13. False
  14. it takes much longer
  15. False
  16. folding paper
  17. we keep it the same
  18. dissolving salt
  19. melting ice
  20. we keep it the same
  21. needed
  22. needed
  23. yeast
  24. needed
  25. needed
  26. lumps of butter
  27. a battery cell
  28. we keep it the same
  29. a mirror
  30. a magnet
  31. True
  32. a magnet
  33. turmeric powder
  34. False
  35. False
  36. still runny cream
  37. False
  38. a mirror
  39. False
  40. turmeric powder

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