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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 699 · 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 needed for making butter? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a balloon (c) a battery cell (d) a magnet
  2. 2.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the cream temperature (b) how hard we shake (c) time to make butter (d) the amount of cream
  3. 3.🧺 Do we need cold water to rinse for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  4. 4.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) thick whipped cream (b) ice (c) powder (d) clear water
  5. 5.🧈 What is the watery liquid left after the butter forms? (a) oil (b) buttermilk (c) honey (d) vinegar
  6. 6.🛟 Why is a plastic jar a good choice for shaking? (a) it will not break (b) it is hotter (c) it is heavier (d) it is magnetic
  7. 7.🔮 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
  8. 8.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) milk turning to curd (b) melting butter (c) browning lemon ink (d) baking a cake
  9. 9.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) fresh cream (b) turmeric powder (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) a bowl
  10. 10.⚖️ 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
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rusting iron (b) freezing water (c) baking a cake (d) browning lemon ink
  12. 12.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) freezing water (b) dissolving salt (c) browning lemon ink (d) melting ice
  13. 13.True or false: melting butter is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the amount of cream is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🛟 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
  16. 16.⚖️ 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
  17. 17.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) butter lumps (b) still runny cream (c) ghee (d) cheese
  18. 18.⚖️ 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
  19. 19.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a timer (b) fresh cream (c) turmeric powder (d) a bowl
  20. 20.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a magnet (b) a timer (c) a balloon (d) a battery cell
  21. 21.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) fresh cream (b) a magnet (c) a battery cell (d) turmeric powder
  22. 22.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a bowl (b) cold water to rinse (c) a mirror (d) fresh cream
  23. 23.True or false: a balloon is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🧺 Do we need a timer for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  25. 25.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is kept the same? (a) time to make butter (b) the amount of cream (c) the cream temperature
  26. 26.True or false: melting butter is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.⚖️ 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
  28. 28.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) a bowl (c) a timer (d) a magnet
  29. 29.True or false: dissolving salt is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: freezing water is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rusting iron (b) baking a cake (c) cooking an egg (d) melting ice
  32. 32.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting ice (b) melting butter (c) dissolving salt (d) rusting iron
  33. 33.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the amount of cream is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🧈 Can this change be undone: baking a cake? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) milk turning to curd (b) melting ice (c) folding paper (d) dissolving salt
  36. 36.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) folding paper (b) milk turning to curd (c) rusting iron (d) browning lemon ink
  37. 37.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) dissolving salt (c) milk turning to curd (d) browning lemon ink
  38. 38.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) freezing water (b) milk turning to curd (c) browning lemon ink (d) rusting iron
  39. 39.🧺 Do we need yeast for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  40. 40.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it is much faster (b) it makes salt (c) it turns pink (d) it takes much longer

Answer key

  1. cold water to rinse
  2. the cream temperature
  3. needed
  4. thick whipped cream
  5. buttermilk
  6. it will not break
  7. no butter forms
  8. melting butter
  9. turmeric powder
  10. we measure it
  11. freezing water
  12. browning lemon ink
  13. True
  14. False
  15. so cream does not spill
  16. we change it
  17. still runny cream
  18. how hard we shake
  19. turmeric powder
  20. a timer
  21. fresh cream
  22. a mirror
  23. True
  24. needed
  25. the amount of cream
  26. False
  27. True
  28. a magnet
  29. True
  30. False
  31. melting ice
  32. rusting iron
  33. True
  34. cannot be undone
  35. milk turning to curd
  36. folding paper
  37. dissolving salt
  38. freezing water
  39. not needed
  40. it takes much longer

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