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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 559 · 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.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the amount of cream is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a magnet (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) yeast (d) a balloon
  3. 3.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) cooking an egg (b) dissolving salt (c) browning lemon ink (d) baking a cake
  4. 4.🧈 Can this change be undone: freezing water? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  5. 5.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) folding paper (b) melting ice (c) melting butter (d) milk turning to curd
  6. 6.True or false: melting ice is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) baking a cake (b) freezing water (c) browning lemon ink (d) rusting iron
  8. 8.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a mirror (b) fresh cream (c) a timer (d) cold water to rinse
  9. 9.🔍 What do you see after shaking cream in a jar for a long time? (a) lumps of butter (b) clear water only (c) bubbles of gas (d) sugar crystals
  10. 10.🧺 Do we need yeast for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  11. 11.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we change it
  12. 12.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “time to make butter”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
  13. 13.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a battery cell (b) turmeric powder (c) a timer (d) a mirror
  14. 14.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cold water to rinse (b) fresh cream (c) a battery cell (d) a jar with a tight lid
  15. 15.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a bowl (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) a magnet (d) cold water to rinse
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) baking a cake (b) melting butter (c) cooking an egg (d) milk turning to curd
  17. 17.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) cooking an egg (b) melting ice (c) baking a cake (d) milk turning to curd
  18. 18.True or false: turmeric powder is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🧺 Do we need a bowl for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  20. 20.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: time to make butter is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🛟 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
  22. 22.⚖️ 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
  23. 23.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a bowl (b) a balloon (c) a timer (d) cold water to rinse
  24. 24.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) yeast (c) fresh cream (d) a bowl
  25. 25.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it is much faster (b) it makes salt (c) it takes much longer (d) it turns pink
  26. 26.True or false: a jar with a tight lid is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a timer (b) a bowl (c) a mirror (d) cold water to rinse
  28. 28.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) rusting iron (b) melting ice (c) melting butter (d) freezing water
  29. 29.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the amount of cream is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: a balloon is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) folding paper (b) browning lemon ink (c) melting butter (d) melting ice
  32. 32.🧺 Do we need fresh cream for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  33. 33.🧺 Do we need a mirror for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  34. 34.True or false: cold water to rinse is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) it turns to cheese (b) it turns blue (c) more butter forms (d) no butter forms
  36. 36.⚖️ 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 change it (c) we measure it
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) baking a cake (b) dissolving salt (c) folding paper (d) melting ice
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking an egg (b) melting ice (c) rusting iron (d) baking a cake
  39. 39.True or false: fresh cream is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: yeast is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. False
  2. a jar with a tight lid
  3. dissolving salt
  4. can be undone
  5. milk turning to curd
  6. True
  7. freezing water
  8. a mirror
  9. lumps of butter
  10. not needed
  11. we keep it the same
  12. we measure it
  13. a timer
  14. a battery cell
  15. a magnet
  16. melting butter
  17. melting ice
  18. False
  19. needed
  20. True
  21. so cream does not spill
  22. False
  23. a balloon
  24. yeast
  25. it takes much longer
  26. False
  27. a mirror
  28. rusting iron
  29. True
  30. False
  31. browning lemon ink
  32. needed
  33. not needed
  34. False
  35. no butter forms
  36. we keep it the same
  37. baking a cake
  38. melting ice
  39. True
  40. False

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