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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 579 · 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.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) it turns to cheese (b) more butter forms (c) it turns blue (d) no butter forms
  2. 2.🧺 Do we need a mirror for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  3. 3.🧈 Can this change be undone: folding paper? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  4. 4.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it takes much longer (b) it turns pink (c) it is much faster (d) it makes salt
  5. 5.🧈 Can this change be undone: baking a cake? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  6. 6.🔍 What do you see after shaking cream in a jar for a long time? (a) bubbles of gas (b) lumps of butter (c) clear water only (d) sugar crystals
  7. 7.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) turmeric powder (b) a bowl (c) a magnet (d) a mirror
  8. 8.True or false: a jar with a tight lid is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a magnet (b) a timer (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) a bowl
  10. 10.🧺 Do we need a timer for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  11. 11.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the cream temperature”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
  12. 12.True or false: yeast is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a bowl (b) a battery cell (c) cold water to rinse (d) a timer
  14. 14.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so it gets hot (b) so cream does not spill (c) so air gets out (d) so it turns yellow
  15. 15.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “how hard we shake”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
  16. 16.🧺 Do we need a magnet for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  17. 17.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the amount of cream is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the same jar is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting ice (b) browning lemon ink (c) cooking an egg (d) milk turning to curd
  20. 20.⚖️ 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
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) freezing water (b) baking a cake (c) folding paper (d) melting butter
  22. 22.🧺 Do we need fresh cream for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  23. 23.⚖️ 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) how hard we shake
  24. 24.🧈 Can this change be undone: milk turning to curd? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  25. 25.⚖️ 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
  26. 26.🧺 Do we need a jar with a tight lid for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  27. 27.True or false: a magnet is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: turmeric powder is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.⚖️ 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
  30. 30.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) ice (b) thick whipped cream (c) powder (d) clear water
  31. 31.True or false: cooking an egg is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) still runny cream (b) butter lumps (c) ghee (d) cheese
  33. 33.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a bowl (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) a battery cell (d) fresh cream
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting butter (b) folding paper (c) freezing water (d) milk turning to curd
  35. 35.🧺 Do we need a balloon for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  36. 36.🧈 What is the watery liquid left after the butter forms? (a) honey (b) buttermilk (c) vinegar (d) oil
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting butter (b) folding paper (c) cooking an egg (d) dissolving salt
  38. 38.True or false: fresh cream is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: browning lemon ink is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. no butter forms
  2. not needed
  3. can be undone
  4. it takes much longer
  5. cannot be undone
  6. lumps of butter
  7. a bowl
  8. False
  9. a magnet
  10. needed
  11. we change it
  12. True
  13. a battery cell
  14. so cream does not spill
  15. we keep it the same
  16. not needed
  17. True
  18. True
  19. melting ice
  20. False
  21. baking a cake
  22. needed
  23. how hard we shake
  24. cannot be undone
  25. False
  26. needed
  27. True
  28. False
  29. we keep it the same
  30. thick whipped cream
  31. False
  32. still runny cream
  33. a battery cell
  34. milk turning to curd
  35. not needed
  36. buttermilk
  37. cooking an egg
  38. False
  39. True
  40. True

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