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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 746 · 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: milk turning to curd? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  2. 2.True or false: dissolving salt is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: a battery cell is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: cold water to rinse is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🧈 Can this change be undone: cooking an egg? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  6. 6.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a timer (b) a bowl (c) a battery cell (d) a jar with a tight lid
  7. 7.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so it turns yellow (b) so air gets out (c) so it gets hot (d) so cream does not spill
  8. 8.🧺 Do we need a jar with a tight lid for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  9. 9.🔍 What do you see after shaking cream in a jar for a long time? (a) clear water only (b) bubbles of gas (c) sugar crystals (d) lumps of butter
  10. 10.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) rusting iron (c) browning lemon ink (d) freezing water
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) freezing water (b) baking a cake (c) melting ice (d) folding paper
  12. 12.⚖️ 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
  13. 13.⚖️ 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
  14. 14.🧈 Can this change be undone: rusting iron? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  15. 15.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) it turns to cheese (b) it turns blue (c) more butter forms (d) no butter forms
  16. 16.🧈 What is the watery liquid left after the butter forms? (a) vinegar (b) honey (c) buttermilk (d) oil
  17. 17.🧈 Can this change be undone: folding paper? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  18. 18.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a bowl (b) a battery cell (c) turmeric powder (d) a magnet
  19. 19.🛟 Why is a plastic jar a good choice for shaking? (a) it is magnetic (b) it is heavier (c) it is hotter (d) it will not break
  20. 20.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it makes salt (b) it turns pink (c) it is much faster (d) it takes much longer
  21. 21.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a timer (b) cold water to rinse (c) fresh cream (d) a mirror
  22. 22.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting butter? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  23. 23.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a battery cell (b) a timer (c) a magnet (d) a balloon
  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) fresh cream (d) a magnet
  26. 26.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a timer (c) turmeric powder (d) fresh cream
  27. 27.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) fresh cream (b) a timer (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) yeast
  28. 28.True or false: fresh cream is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: yeast is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🧺 Do we need a timer for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  31. 31.True or false: fresh cream is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) fresh cream (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) a battery cell (d) cold water to rinse
  33. 33.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) fresh cream (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) cold water to rinse (d) a balloon
  34. 34.⚖️ 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
  35. 35.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) fresh cream (b) a magnet (c) a timer (d) cold water to rinse
  36. 36.True or false: milk turning to curd is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) turmeric powder (b) a mirror (c) fresh cream (d) a magnet
  38. 38.True or false: a battery cell is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting butter (b) baking a cake (c) folding paper (d) melting ice
  40. 40.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed

Answer key

  1. cannot be undone
  2. False
  3. True
  4. True
  5. cannot be undone
  6. a battery cell
  7. so cream does not spill
  8. needed
  9. lumps of butter
  10. freezing water
  11. baking a cake
  12. we change it
  13. we keep it the same
  14. cannot be undone
  15. no butter forms
  16. buttermilk
  17. can be undone
  18. a bowl
  19. it will not break
  20. it takes much longer
  21. a mirror
  22. can be undone
  23. True
  24. a timer
  25. a magnet
  26. turmeric powder
  27. yeast
  28. True
  29. True
  30. needed
  31. False
  32. a battery cell
  33. a balloon
  34. True
  35. a magnet
  36. True
  37. fresh cream
  38. False
  39. baking a cake
  40. not needed

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