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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 743 · 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.⚖️ 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) the same jar (c) time to make butter (d) the cream temperature
  2. 2.True or false: a magnet is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a balloon (b) a magnet (c) turmeric powder (d) fresh cream
  4. 4.🛟 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
  5. 5.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) ghee (b) butter lumps (c) cheese (d) still runny cream
  6. 6.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) fresh cream (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) a magnet (d) a bowl
  7. 7.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it takes much longer (b) it is much faster (c) it turns pink (d) it makes salt
  8. 8.True or false: a jar with a tight lid is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🧈 Can this change be undone: milk turning to curd? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  10. 10.⚖️ 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
  11. 11.⚖️ 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
  12. 12.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: time to make butter is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a timer (b) fresh cream (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) yeast
  14. 14.True or false: browning lemon ink is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: rusting iron is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) yeast (b) fresh cream (c) a timer (d) cold water to rinse
  17. 17.🧈 Can this change be undone: cooking an egg? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  18. 18.🧺 Do we need a bowl for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  19. 19.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a bowl (b) fresh cream (c) a timer (d) turmeric powder
  20. 20.True or false: a timer is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking an egg (b) milk turning to curd (c) melting butter (d) browning lemon ink
  22. 22.True or false: a balloon is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) freezing water (b) milk turning to curd (c) baking a cake (d) browning lemon ink
  24. 24.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  25. 25.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a timer (b) a mirror (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) cold water to rinse
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) browning lemon ink (b) folding paper (c) melting ice (d) melting butter
  27. 27.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we change it
  28. 28.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a mirror (b) a battery cell (c) a magnet (d) a jar with a tight lid
  29. 29.🧈 What is the watery liquid left after the butter forms? (a) vinegar (b) buttermilk (c) honey (d) oil
  30. 30.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) milk turning to curd (b) melting butter (c) melting ice (d) dissolving salt
  31. 31.True or false: a balloon is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.⚖️ 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 change it (c) we keep it the same
  33. 33.🔮 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
  34. 34.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a timer (b) a balloon (c) a bowl (d) fresh cream
  35. 35.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) cold water to rinse (b) fresh cream (c) turmeric powder (d) a jar with a tight lid
  36. 36.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) fresh cream (b) a timer (c) a bowl (d) a mirror
  37. 37.True or false: a battery cell is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) cooking an egg (b) baking a cake (c) browning lemon ink (d) folding paper
  39. 39.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) cooking an egg (b) melting ice (c) folding paper (d) freezing water
  40. 40.True or false: a magnet is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. the cream temperature
  2. True
  3. fresh cream
  4. so cream does not spill
  5. still runny cream
  6. a magnet
  7. it takes much longer
  8. False
  9. cannot be undone
  10. time to make butter
  11. False
  12. True
  13. yeast
  14. False
  15. False
  16. yeast
  17. cannot be undone
  18. needed
  19. turmeric powder
  20. True
  21. melting butter
  22. True
  23. freezing water
  24. not needed
  25. a mirror
  26. browning lemon ink
  27. we keep it the same
  28. a jar with a tight lid
  29. buttermilk
  30. milk turning to curd
  31. False
  32. we keep it the same
  33. no butter forms
  34. a balloon
  35. turmeric powder
  36. a mirror
  37. True
  38. folding paper
  39. cooking an egg
  40. False

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