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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 53 · 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: folding paper is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔍 What do you see after shaking cream in a jar for a long time? (a) bubbles of gas (b) clear water only (c) sugar crystals (d) lumps of butter
  3. 3.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a balloon (b) a timer (c) fresh cream (d) cold water to rinse
  4. 4.🧈 Can this change be undone: cooking an egg? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  5. 5.🧺 Do we need yeast for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  6. 6.True or false: a magnet is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🛟 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
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking an egg (b) melting ice (c) melting butter (d) dissolving salt
  9. 9.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) more butter forms (b) it turns blue (c) no butter forms (d) it turns to cheese
  10. 10.🧈 Can this change be undone: folding paper? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  11. 11.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) fresh cream (c) yeast (d) cold water to rinse
  12. 12.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the cream temperature is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the amount of cream (b) the same jar (c) how hard we shake (d) the cream temperature
  14. 14.🧈 Can this change be undone: milk turning to curd? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  15. 15.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) still runny cream (b) butter lumps (c) ghee (d) cheese
  16. 16.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) dissolving salt (b) melting butter (c) melting ice (d) baking a cake
  17. 17.🧺 Do we need fresh cream for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  18. 18.True or false: rusting iron is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a timer (c) a battery cell (d) fresh cream
  20. 20.True or false: a jar with a tight lid is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) cooking an egg (b) baking a cake (c) milk turning to curd (d) dissolving salt
  22. 22.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) milk turning to curd (c) folding paper (d) cooking an egg
  23. 23.True or false: a bowl is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) yeast (b) turmeric powder (c) a mirror (d) a jar with a tight lid
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting butter (b) rusting iron (c) folding paper (d) dissolving salt
  26. 26.True or false: rusting iron is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) browning lemon ink (b) melting butter (c) folding paper (d) dissolving salt
  28. 28.True or false: a timer is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the same jar is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: a balloon is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) fresh cream (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) yeast (d) a bowl
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting ice (b) browning lemon ink (c) cooking an egg (d) baking a cake
  33. 33.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.⚖️ 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
  35. 35.🧺 Do we need a balloon for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  36. 36.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the amount of cream (b) time to make butter (c) how hard we shake (d) the cream temperature
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting ice (b) baking a cake (c) dissolving salt (d) folding paper
  38. 38.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) yeast (b) a battery cell (c) a timer (d) turmeric powder
  39. 39.🧈 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
  40. 40.True or false: fresh cream is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. True
  2. lumps of butter
  3. a balloon
  4. cannot be undone
  5. not needed
  6. False
  7. so cream does not spill
  8. cooking an egg
  9. no butter forms
  10. can be undone
  11. yeast
  12. False
  13. the cream temperature
  14. cannot be undone
  15. still runny cream
  16. baking a cake
  17. needed
  18. False
  19. a battery cell
  20. False
  21. dissolving salt
  22. folding paper
  23. True
  24. a jar with a tight lid
  25. rusting iron
  26. True
  27. browning lemon ink
  28. False
  29. False
  30. True
  31. yeast
  32. melting ice
  33. True
  34. we keep it the same
  35. not needed
  36. time to make butter
  37. baking a cake
  38. a timer
  39. fat bits stick together
  40. True

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