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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 684 · 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.True or false: yeast is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: folding paper is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🧈 Can this change be undone: freezing water? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) milk turning to curd (b) cooking an egg (c) browning lemon ink (d) freezing water
  5. 5.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🧈 Can this change be undone: folding paper? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  7. 7.🛟 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
  8. 8.True or false: cooking an egg is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🛟 Why is a plastic jar a good choice for shaking? (a) it is hotter (b) it is heavier (c) it is magnetic (d) it will not break
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) folding paper (b) dissolving salt (c) melting ice (d) baking a cake
  11. 11.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  12. 12.🧈 Can this change be undone: rusting iron? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  13. 13.🧈 Why does shaking cream make butter? (a) shaking adds salt (b) the jar adds butter (c) fat bits stick together (d) the lid is warm
  14. 14.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) rusting iron (b) melting ice (c) browning lemon ink (d) cooking an egg
  15. 15.🔍 What do you see after shaking cream in a jar for a long time? (a) clear water only (b) lumps of butter (c) bubbles of gas (d) sugar crystals
  16. 16.True or false: melting butter is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a timer (b) a bowl (c) fresh cream (d) turmeric powder
  18. 18.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it takes much longer (b) it makes salt (c) it is much faster (d) it turns pink
  19. 19.⚖️ 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 change it (c) we measure it
  20. 20.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a magnet (b) a balloon (c) a battery cell (d) fresh cream
  21. 21.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: time to make butter is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.⚖️ 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) how hard we shake (c) the cream temperature (d) the same jar
  23. 23.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  24. 24.🧈 Can this change be undone: baking a cake? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  25. 25.True or false: a timer is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.⚖️ 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
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting ice (b) freezing water (c) melting butter (d) cooking an egg
  28. 28.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting ice (b) folding paper (c) freezing water (d) baking a cake
  29. 29.True or false: melting butter is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a timer (b) cold water to rinse (c) fresh cream (d) a mirror
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) milk turning to curd (b) freezing water (c) melting butter (d) dissolving salt
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) freezing water (b) browning lemon ink (c) folding paper (d) melting butter
  33. 33.🧈 Can this change be undone: milk turning to curd? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  34. 34.True or false: cooking an egg is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.⚖️ 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
  36. 36.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) rusting iron (b) baking a cake (c) milk turning to curd (d) folding paper
  37. 37.True or false: a jar with a tight lid is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.⚖️ 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
  39. 39.🧈 What is the watery liquid left after the butter forms? (a) buttermilk (b) oil (c) honey (d) vinegar
  40. 40.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) rusting iron (b) melting butter (c) milk turning to curd (d) cooking an egg

Answer key

  1. False
  2. True
  3. can be undone
  4. freezing water
  5. True
  6. can be undone
  7. so cream does not spill
  8. True
  9. it will not break
  10. baking a cake
  11. not needed
  12. cannot be undone
  13. fat bits stick together
  14. melting ice
  15. lumps of butter
  16. False
  17. turmeric powder
  18. it takes much longer
  19. we keep it the same
  20. fresh cream
  21. False
  22. the cream temperature
  23. not needed
  24. cannot be undone
  25. False
  26. True
  27. cooking an egg
  28. baking a cake
  29. True
  30. a mirror
  31. milk turning to curd
  32. browning lemon ink
  33. cannot be undone
  34. False
  35. we measure it
  36. folding paper
  37. True
  38. we keep it the same
  39. buttermilk
  40. melting butter

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