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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 775 · 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) milk turning to curd (b) melting ice (c) cooking an egg (d) baking a cake
  2. 2.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a balloon (b) turmeric powder (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) a magnet
  3. 3.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) fresh cream (c) a bowl (d) turmeric powder
  4. 4.🧈 Can this change be undone: rusting iron? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  5. 5.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: how hard we shake is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: a mirror is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.⚖️ 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 amount of cream (c) how hard we shake (d) the cream temperature
  8. 8.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so it gets hot (b) so cream does not spill (c) so it turns yellow (d) so air gets out
  9. 9.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) a balloon (c) fresh cream (d) cold water to rinse
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting butter (b) freezing water (c) melting ice (d) baking a cake
  11. 11.🧈 Can this change be undone: milk turning to curd? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  12. 12.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting ice? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  13. 13.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) folding paper (b) melting ice (c) browning lemon ink (d) melting butter
  14. 14.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the amount of cream (b) time to make butter (c) the cream temperature (d) the same jar
  15. 15.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) freezing water (b) folding paper (c) melting butter (d) milk turning to curd
  16. 16.🔍 What do you see after shaking cream in a jar for a long time? (a) clear water only (b) sugar crystals (c) lumps of butter (d) bubbles of gas
  17. 17.True or false: turmeric powder is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: milk turning to curd is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🧺 Do we need a bowl for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  20. 20.True or false: fresh cream is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a bowl (b) a magnet (c) a balloon (d) a battery cell
  22. 22.🧺 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
  23. 23.True or false: melting ice is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🧈 What is the watery liquid left after the butter forms? (a) oil (b) honey (c) vinegar (d) buttermilk
  25. 25.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) yeast (c) fresh cream (d) a bowl
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting butter (b) folding paper (c) dissolving salt (d) rusting iron
  27. 27.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a bowl (c) a timer (d) a battery cell
  28. 28.True or false: cooking an egg is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) freezing water (b) baking a cake (c) cooking an egg (d) browning lemon ink
  30. 30.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) it turns to cheese (b) no butter forms (c) more butter forms (d) it turns blue
  31. 31.🧈 Can this change be undone: cooking an egg? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  32. 32.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a mirror (b) yeast (c) cold water to rinse (d) turmeric powder
  33. 33.⚖️ 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 change it (c) we keep it the same
  34. 34.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the cream temperature”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
  35. 35.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) butter lumps (b) still runny cream (c) cheese (d) ghee
  36. 36.True or false: rusting iron is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the cream temperature is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “how hard we shake”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
  39. 39.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the same jar is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔮 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 makes salt (d) it turns pink

Answer key

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

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