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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 720 · 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 a change that can be undone? (a) dissolving salt (b) rusting iron (c) browning lemon ink (d) baking a cake
  2. 2.🧺 Do we need a timer for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  3. 3.True or false: folding paper is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) still runny cream (b) butter lumps (c) cheese (d) ghee
  5. 5.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: time to make butter is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a bowl (b) cold water to rinse (c) fresh cream (d) yeast
  7. 7.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a magnet (b) fresh cream (c) cold water to rinse (d) a timer
  8. 8.True or false: fresh cream is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) cooking an egg (b) browning lemon ink (c) baking a cake (d) melting ice
  10. 10.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) dissolving salt (b) folding paper (c) cooking an egg (d) freezing water
  11. 11.True or false: a battery cell is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cold water to rinse (b) fresh cream (c) a mirror (d) a timer
  13. 13.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cold water to rinse (b) turmeric powder (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) a timer
  14. 14.True or false: milk turning to curd is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🧺 Do we need a mirror for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  16. 16.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a bowl (b) fresh cream (c) yeast (d) cold water to rinse
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting butter (b) dissolving salt (c) rusting iron (d) melting ice
  18. 18.True or false: a jar with a tight lid is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.⚖️ 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) the cream temperature (d) how hard we shake
  20. 20.🧺 Do we need yeast for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  21. 21.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: how hard we shake is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the same jar”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
  23. 23.🧈 What is the watery liquid left after the butter forms? (a) vinegar (b) buttermilk (c) honey (d) oil
  24. 24.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the amount of cream”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
  25. 25.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) a balloon (d) fresh cream
  26. 26.🧺 Do we need a bowl for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  27. 27.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it is much faster (b) it turns pink (c) it takes much longer (d) it makes salt
  28. 28.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting ice? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) baking a cake (b) rusting iron (c) cooking an egg (d) melting butter
  30. 30.🧈 Can this change be undone: dissolving salt? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) freezing water (b) folding paper (c) melting ice (d) baking a cake
  32. 32.🧈 Can this change be undone: browning lemon ink? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  33. 33.🧺 Do we need cold water to rinse for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  34. 34.⚖️ 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) time to make butter
  35. 35.True or false: a mirror is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) no butter forms (b) it turns to cheese (c) it turns blue (d) more butter forms
  37. 37.🧈 Can this change be undone: rusting iron? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) milk turning to curd (b) melting ice (c) melting butter (d) folding paper
  39. 39.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) yeast (b) a balloon (c) a bowl (d) a battery cell
  40. 40.⚖️ 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) how hard we shake (c) the cream temperature

Answer key

  1. dissolving salt
  2. needed
  3. True
  4. still runny cream
  5. True
  6. yeast
  7. a magnet
  8. True
  9. melting ice
  10. cooking an egg
  11. True
  12. a mirror
  13. turmeric powder
  14. True
  15. not needed
  16. yeast
  17. rusting iron
  18. True
  19. time to make butter
  20. not needed
  21. False
  22. we keep it the same
  23. buttermilk
  24. we keep it the same
  25. a balloon
  26. needed
  27. it takes much longer
  28. can be undone
  29. melting butter
  30. can be undone
  31. baking a cake
  32. cannot be undone
  33. needed
  34. the cream temperature
  35. True
  36. no butter forms
  37. cannot be undone
  38. milk turning to curd
  39. a bowl
  40. how hard we shake

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