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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 678 · 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? What do we do with “time to make butter”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
  2. 2.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) a timer (c) a bowl (d) a battery cell
  3. 3.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a timer (b) fresh cream (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) a magnet
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) baking a cake (b) dissolving salt (c) milk turning to curd (d) rusting iron
  5. 5.🧈 Can this change be undone: dissolving salt? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  6. 6.True or false: a jar with a tight lid is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.⚖️ 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
  8. 8.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) fresh cream (b) a bowl (c) cold water to rinse (d) a mirror
  9. 9.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a timer (b) a balloon (c) a bowl (d) a jar with a tight lid
  10. 10.🧈 What is the watery liquid left after the butter forms? (a) buttermilk (b) honey (c) vinegar (d) oil
  11. 11.True or false: rusting iron is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.⚖️ 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
  13. 13.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so cream does not spill (b) so it turns yellow (c) so it gets hot (d) so air gets out
  14. 14.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “how hard we shake”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
  15. 15.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the same jar is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the same jar (b) the cream temperature (c) time to make butter (d) how hard we shake
  17. 17.True or false: yeast is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔍 What do you see after shaking cream in a jar for a long time? (a) sugar crystals (b) clear water only (c) lumps of butter (d) bubbles of gas
  19. 19.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a balloon (b) fresh cream (c) yeast (d) a magnet
  20. 20.🧺 Do we need a bowl for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting ice (b) baking a cake (c) freezing water (d) dissolving salt
  22. 22.True or false: dissolving salt is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: yeast is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a timer (b) cold water to rinse (c) yeast (d) a bowl
  25. 25.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) turmeric powder (b) a magnet (c) a mirror (d) a timer
  26. 26.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the cream temperature (b) time to make butter (c) the amount of cream
  27. 27.⚖️ 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
  28. 28.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) yeast (c) a bowl (d) a timer
  29. 29.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the cream temperature (b) time to make butter (c) how hard we shake
  30. 30.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a magnet (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) cold water to rinse (d) a bowl
  31. 31.🧺 Do we need a jar with a tight lid for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  32. 32.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) a mirror (c) turmeric powder (d) a balloon
  33. 33.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting butter? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  34. 34.True or false: browning lemon ink is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting butter (b) freezing water (c) melting ice (d) milk turning to curd
  36. 36.🧈 Why does shaking cream make butter? (a) the lid is warm (b) fat bits stick together (c) shaking adds salt (d) the jar adds butter
  37. 37.🧺 Do we need cold water to rinse for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  38. 38.🔮 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
  39. 39.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a mirror (b) a timer (c) cold water to rinse (d) a jar with a tight lid
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) browning lemon ink (b) rusting iron (c) baking a cake (d) melting ice

Answer key

  1. we measure it
  2. a battery cell
  3. a magnet
  4. dissolving salt
  5. can be undone
  6. False
  7. False
  8. a mirror
  9. a balloon
  10. buttermilk
  11. False
  12. True
  13. so cream does not spill
  14. we keep it the same
  15. False
  16. time to make butter
  17. False
  18. lumps of butter
  19. fresh cream
  20. needed
  21. baking a cake
  22. True
  23. True
  24. yeast
  25. a timer
  26. the amount of cream
  27. we change it
  28. yeast
  29. how hard we shake
  30. a magnet
  31. needed
  32. a jar with a tight lid
  33. can be undone
  34. False
  35. milk turning to curd
  36. fat bits stick together
  37. needed
  38. it takes much longer
  39. a mirror
  40. melting ice

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