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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 72 · 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.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a bowl (b) fresh cream (c) a balloon (d) a jar with a tight lid
  2. 2.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) it turns to cheese (b) more butter forms (c) it turns blue (d) no butter forms
  3. 3.🧺 Do we need a magnet for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  4. 4.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) still runny cream (b) ghee (c) cheese (d) butter lumps
  5. 5.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) cooking an egg (b) baking a cake (c) milk turning to curd (d) melting ice
  6. 6.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a battery cell (b) a bowl (c) a mirror (d) a balloon
  7. 7.🧈 Why does shaking cream make butter? (a) fat bits stick together (b) the jar adds butter (c) shaking adds salt (d) the lid is warm
  8. 8.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  9. 9.🧺 Do we need a mirror for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  10. 10.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) freezing water (b) rusting iron (c) baking a cake (d) cooking an egg
  11. 11.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it is much faster (b) it takes much longer (c) it turns pink (d) it makes salt
  12. 12.⚖️ 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
  13. 13.True or false: a battery cell is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: melting butter is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting butter? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  16. 16.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) cooking an egg (b) dissolving salt (c) rusting iron (d) milk turning to curd
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rusting iron (b) browning lemon ink (c) baking a cake (d) freezing water
  18. 18.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a bowl (b) a mirror (c) a timer (d) a jar with a tight lid
  19. 19.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) a bowl (c) a mirror (d) fresh cream
  20. 20.🧈 What is the watery liquid left after the butter forms? (a) honey (b) vinegar (c) oil (d) buttermilk
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) folding paper (b) milk turning to curd (c) browning lemon ink (d) baking a cake
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rusting iron (b) melting ice (c) melting butter (d) dissolving salt
  23. 23.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting ice? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  24. 24.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) melting ice (c) dissolving salt (d) folding paper
  25. 25.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a battery cell (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) turmeric powder (d) a mirror
  26. 26.🧺 Do we need a balloon for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  27. 27.True or false: melting ice is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the cream temperature is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the same jar (b) the cream temperature (c) how hard we shake (d) time to make butter
  30. 30.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a magnet (b) a balloon (c) yeast (d) a timer
  31. 31.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) dissolving salt (b) melting butter (c) melting ice (d) milk turning to curd
  32. 32.⚖️ 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
  33. 33.⚖️ 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
  34. 34.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) rusting iron (b) dissolving salt (c) melting butter (d) folding paper
  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 measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
  36. 36.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: how hard we shake is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) folding paper (b) browning lemon ink (c) freezing water (d) melting butter
  38. 38.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: time to make butter is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a timer (c) turmeric powder (d) a jar with a tight lid
  40. 40.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) fresh cream (b) a battery cell (c) a mirror (d) a balloon

Answer key

  1. a balloon
  2. no butter forms
  3. not needed
  4. still runny cream
  5. melting ice
  6. a bowl
  7. fat bits stick together
  8. not needed
  9. not needed
  10. freezing water
  11. it takes much longer
  12. the amount of cream
  13. True
  14. True
  15. can be undone
  16. dissolving salt
  17. freezing water
  18. a mirror
  19. a mirror
  20. buttermilk
  21. folding paper
  22. rusting iron
  23. can be undone
  24. baking a cake
  25. a jar with a tight lid
  26. not needed
  27. True
  28. False
  29. the cream temperature
  30. a timer
  31. milk turning to curd
  32. we keep it the same
  33. how hard we shake
  34. rusting iron
  35. we measure it
  36. False
  37. browning lemon ink
  38. False
  39. turmeric powder
  40. fresh cream

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