Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 61 · 40 questions

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.

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

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