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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 659 · 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.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so air gets out (b) so it gets hot (c) so cream does not spill (d) so it turns yellow
  2. 2.⚖️ 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
  3. 3.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a timer (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) a balloon
  4. 4.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) freezing water (b) browning lemon ink (c) melting ice (d) melting butter
  5. 5.🧈 Can this change be undone: folding paper? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  6. 6.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we measure it
  7. 7.True or false: a battery cell is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: cooking an egg is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🧺 Do we need cold water to rinse for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  10. 10.True or false: a balloon is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🧈 Can this change be undone: rusting iron? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  12. 12.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the cream temperature is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a balloon (b) a battery cell (c) fresh cream (d) turmeric powder
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dissolving salt (b) freezing water (c) folding paper (d) rusting iron
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking an egg (b) browning lemon ink (c) melting ice (d) rusting iron
  16. 16.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) cheese (b) butter lumps (c) still runny cream (d) ghee
  17. 17.⚖️ 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
  18. 18.True or false: dissolving salt is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting butter (b) folding paper (c) baking a cake (d) melting ice
  20. 20.True or false: a balloon is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the cream temperature”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
  22. 22.🧺 Do we need a mirror for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  23. 23.True or false: freezing water is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting butter? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  25. 25.🧈 What is the watery liquid left after the butter forms? (a) honey (b) oil (c) buttermilk (d) vinegar
  26. 26.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) yeast (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) turmeric powder (d) a battery cell
  27. 27.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  28. 28.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  29. 29.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the same jar”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
  30. 30.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we change it
  31. 31.True or false: melting ice is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🧈 Can this change be undone: freezing water? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  33. 33.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) ice (b) clear water (c) thick whipped cream (d) powder
  34. 34.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) cooking an egg (b) rusting iron (c) melting ice (d) baking a cake
  35. 35.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the amount of cream (b) time to make butter (c) the cream temperature (d) how hard we shake
  36. 36.🔍 What do you see after shaking cream in a jar for a long time? (a) bubbles of gas (b) sugar crystals (c) lumps of butter (d) clear water only
  37. 37.⚖️ 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
  38. 38.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) it turns to cheese (b) it turns blue (c) no butter forms (d) more butter forms
  39. 39.🧈 Can this change be undone: cooking an egg? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  40. 40.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) milk turning to curd (b) melting ice (c) dissolving salt (d) folding paper

Answer key

  1. so cream does not spill
  2. True
  3. a balloon
  4. browning lemon ink
  5. can be undone
  6. we keep it the same
  7. False
  8. True
  9. needed
  10. False
  11. cannot be undone
  12. False
  13. fresh cream
  14. rusting iron
  15. melting ice
  16. still runny cream
  17. we keep it the same
  18. True
  19. baking a cake
  20. True
  21. we change it
  22. not needed
  23. False
  24. can be undone
  25. buttermilk
  26. a jar with a tight lid
  27. not needed
  28. not needed
  29. we keep it the same
  30. we measure it
  31. True
  32. can be undone
  33. thick whipped cream
  34. melting ice
  35. the cream temperature
  36. lumps of butter
  37. True
  38. no butter forms
  39. cannot be undone
  40. milk turning to curd

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