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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 55 · 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.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) fresh cream (b) a balloon (c) a bowl (d) a jar with a tight lid
  2. 2.True or false: fresh cream is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) fresh cream (b) a bowl (c) a magnet (d) a jar with a tight lid
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) browning lemon ink (b) milk turning to curd (c) cooking an egg (d) melting ice
  5. 5.True or false: freezing water is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🧈 Why does shaking cream make butter? (a) shaking adds salt (b) the jar adds butter (c) fat bits stick together (d) the lid is warm
  7. 7.🧺 Do we need a balloon for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  8. 8.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a bowl (b) fresh cream (c) cold water to rinse (d) turmeric powder
  9. 9.True or false: a bowl is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) freezing water (b) cooking an egg (c) folding paper (d) melting butter
  11. 11.True or false: dissolving salt is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) butter lumps (b) cheese (c) still runny cream (d) ghee
  13. 13.True or false: cold water to rinse is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking an egg (b) browning lemon ink (c) rusting iron (d) dissolving salt
  15. 15.🧺 Do we need a bowl for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  16. 16.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a bowl (b) yeast (c) fresh cream (d) a timer
  17. 17.⚖️ 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) True (b) False
  18. 18.🧺 Do we need cold water to rinse for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  19. 19.🔍 What do you see after shaking cream in a jar for a long time? (a) clear water only (b) lumps of butter (c) sugar crystals (d) bubbles of gas
  20. 20.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is what we measure? (a) how hard we shake (b) the amount of cream (c) time to make butter (d) the cream temperature
  21. 21.⚖️ 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
  22. 22.True or false: a magnet is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a timer (b) yeast (c) a bowl (d) fresh cream
  24. 24.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) folding paper (b) cooking an egg (c) milk turning to curd (d) baking a cake
  25. 25.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it turns pink (b) it is much faster (c) it takes much longer (d) it makes salt
  26. 26.True or false: a mirror is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🧈 Can this change be undone: dissolving salt? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) folding paper (b) dissolving salt (c) melting ice (d) milk turning to curd
  29. 29.⚖️ 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 amount of cream (c) the cream temperature
  30. 30.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  31. 31.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the amount of cream”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
  32. 32.🧈 Can this change be undone: rusting iron? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  33. 33.True or false: melting butter is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.⚖️ 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
  35. 35.⚖️ 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
  36. 36.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a bowl (b) yeast (c) a balloon (d) a magnet
  37. 37.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) fresh cream (b) a bowl (c) cold water to rinse (d) a mirror
  38. 38.🧺 Do we need a magnet for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  39. 39.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) clear water (b) ice (c) powder (d) thick whipped cream
  40. 40.True or false: dissolving salt is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. a balloon
  2. True
  3. a magnet
  4. melting ice
  5. True
  6. fat bits stick together
  7. not needed
  8. turmeric powder
  9. False
  10. cooking an egg
  11. True
  12. still runny cream
  13. False
  14. dissolving salt
  15. needed
  16. yeast
  17. False
  18. needed
  19. lumps of butter
  20. time to make butter
  21. False
  22. False
  23. yeast
  24. folding paper
  25. it takes much longer
  26. False
  27. can be undone
  28. milk turning to curd
  29. the amount of cream
  30. not needed
  31. we keep it the same
  32. cannot be undone
  33. False
  34. we keep it the same
  35. the same jar
  36. a bowl
  37. a mirror
  38. not needed
  39. thick whipped cream
  40. False

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