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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 626 · 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.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) cooking an egg (c) rusting iron (d) freezing water
  2. 2.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a timer (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) a magnet (d) a bowl
  3. 3.True or false: folding paper is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: time to make butter is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🧺 Do we need a bowl for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  6. 6.🔍 What do you see after shaking cream in a jar for a long time? (a) clear water only (b) sugar crystals (c) bubbles of gas (d) lumps of butter
  7. 7.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “time to make butter”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
  8. 8.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) it turns blue (b) no butter forms (c) it turns to cheese (d) more butter forms
  9. 9.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a balloon (c) a battery cell (d) a magnet
  10. 10.🧺 Do we need a jar with a tight lid for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  11. 11.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it takes much longer (b) it is much faster (c) it makes salt (d) it turns pink
  12. 12.🧺 Do we need a mirror for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  13. 13.True or false: yeast is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cold water to rinse (b) fresh cream (c) turmeric powder (d) a timer
  15. 15.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a timer (b) a bowl (c) a battery cell (d) fresh cream
  16. 16.True or false: freezing water is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) dissolving salt (b) baking a cake (c) cooking an egg (d) milk turning to curd
  18. 18.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a magnet (b) a bowl (c) a mirror (d) a battery cell
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting ice (b) folding paper (c) browning lemon ink (d) dissolving salt
  20. 20.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) cheese (b) ghee (c) butter lumps (d) still runny cream
  21. 21.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) dissolving salt (b) freezing water (c) browning lemon ink (d) melting ice
  22. 22.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: time to make butter is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: a balloon is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: cold water to rinse is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) thick whipped cream (b) powder (c) ice (d) clear water
  26. 26.🧺 Do we need cold water to rinse for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dissolving salt (b) melting ice (c) folding paper (d) cooking an egg
  28. 28.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) fresh cream (b) a timer (c) a balloon (d) a jar with a tight lid
  29. 29.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the same jar”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
  30. 30.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) fresh cream (b) cold water to rinse (c) a bowl (d) a mirror
  31. 31.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a mirror (b) turmeric powder (c) a battery cell (d) a jar with a tight lid
  32. 32.🧈 Can this change be undone: browning lemon ink? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  33. 33.True or false: melting ice is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) baking a cake (b) freezing water (c) folding paper (d) dissolving salt
  35. 35.🧈 Can this change be undone: dissolving salt? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  36. 36.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is what we measure? (a) time to make butter (b) the cream temperature (c) the same jar (d) how hard we shake
  37. 37.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a timer (c) a bowl (d) a magnet
  38. 38.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the cream temperature”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
  39. 39.🧈 Can this change be undone: cooking an egg? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dissolving salt (b) melting ice (c) freezing water (d) milk turning to curd

Answer key

  1. freezing water
  2. a magnet
  3. False
  4. False
  5. needed
  6. lumps of butter
  7. we measure it
  8. no butter forms
  9. cold water to rinse
  10. needed
  11. it takes much longer
  12. not needed
  13. True
  14. turmeric powder
  15. a battery cell
  16. False
  17. dissolving salt
  18. a bowl
  19. browning lemon ink
  20. still runny cream
  21. browning lemon ink
  22. True
  23. False
  24. True
  25. thick whipped cream
  26. needed
  27. cooking an egg
  28. a balloon
  29. we keep it the same
  30. a mirror
  31. a jar with a tight lid
  32. cannot be undone
  33. True
  34. baking a cake
  35. can be undone
  36. time to make butter
  37. a magnet
  38. we change it
  39. cannot be undone
  40. milk turning to curd

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