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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 70 · 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.🧈 Can this change be undone: dissolving salt? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  2. 2.🔍 What do you see after shaking cream in a jar for a long time? (a) lumps of butter (b) bubbles of gas (c) clear water only (d) sugar crystals
  3. 3.🧺 Do we need a jar with a tight lid for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  4. 4.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) a mirror (c) cold water to rinse (d) fresh cream
  5. 5.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) powder (b) clear water (c) thick whipped cream (d) ice
  6. 6.⚖️ 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
  7. 7.True or false: a bowl is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) ghee (b) still runny cream (c) butter lumps (d) cheese
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) browning lemon ink (b) rusting iron (c) melting butter (d) cooking an egg
  10. 10.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a timer (b) a bowl (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) a battery cell
  11. 11.True or false: a magnet is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: melting butter is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) freezing water (b) dissolving salt (c) melting ice (d) rusting iron
  14. 14.🧺 Do we need a mirror for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  15. 15.🧈 What is the watery liquid left after the butter forms? (a) honey (b) oil (c) vinegar (d) buttermilk
  16. 16.True or false: cooking an egg is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so it gets hot (b) so it turns yellow (c) so air gets out (d) so cream does not spill
  18. 18.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a timer (b) fresh cream (c) turmeric powder (d) a jar with a tight lid
  19. 19.⚖️ 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
  20. 20.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting ice? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  21. 21.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) fresh cream (c) cold water to rinse (d) yeast
  22. 22.True or false: milk turning to curd is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🧺 Do we need a timer for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  24. 24.⚖️ 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
  25. 25.True or false: cold water to rinse is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: milk turning to curd is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.⚖️ 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 same jar (c) how hard we shake (d) the cream temperature
  28. 28.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the amount of cream”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
  29. 29.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) browning lemon ink (b) milk turning to curd (c) baking a cake (d) freezing water
  30. 30.⚖️ 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
  31. 31.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  32. 32.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a magnet (b) a balloon (c) turmeric powder (d) a timer
  33. 33.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the same jar is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a mirror (b) a bowl (c) turmeric powder (d) a balloon
  35. 35.🧺 Do we need cold water to rinse for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  36. 36.True or false: dissolving salt is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🧈 Can this change be undone: baking a cake? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  38. 38.True or false: melting ice is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) cold water to rinse (b) fresh cream (c) a magnet (d) a jar with a tight lid
  40. 40.True or false: cold water to rinse is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. can be undone
  2. lumps of butter
  3. needed
  4. a mirror
  5. thick whipped cream
  6. we keep it the same
  7. False
  8. still runny cream
  9. melting butter
  10. a battery cell
  11. True
  12. True
  13. rusting iron
  14. not needed
  15. buttermilk
  16. False
  17. so cream does not spill
  18. turmeric powder
  19. we keep it the same
  20. can be undone
  21. yeast
  22. False
  23. needed
  24. we measure it
  25. False
  26. True
  27. time to make butter
  28. we keep it the same
  29. freezing water
  30. False
  31. not needed
  32. a timer
  33. False
  34. a bowl
  35. needed
  36. True
  37. cannot be undone
  38. True
  39. a magnet
  40. True

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