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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 812 · 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 what we measure? (a) the amount of cream (b) how hard we shake (c) the same jar (d) time to make butter
  2. 2.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) milk turning to curd (c) rusting iron (d) freezing water
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rusting iron (b) folding paper (c) melting butter (d) dissolving salt
  4. 4.🧈 Can this change be undone: milk turning to curd? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  5. 5.True or false: a balloon is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) milk turning to curd (b) browning lemon ink (c) melting ice (d) rusting iron
  7. 7.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the same jar is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: yeast is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) yeast (b) a magnet (c) a balloon (d) a timer
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting butter (b) rusting iron (c) cooking an egg (d) browning lemon ink
  11. 11.🧺 Do we need a bowl for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  12. 12.True or false: cold water to rinse is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the cream temperature is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🛟 Why is a plastic jar a good choice for shaking? (a) it is heavier (b) it is hotter (c) it is magnetic (d) it will not break
  15. 15.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a bowl (b) a battery cell (c) cold water to rinse (d) a jar with a tight lid
  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.🛟 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
  18. 18.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting ice? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  19. 19.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a bowl (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) turmeric powder (d) fresh cream
  20. 20.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we measure it
  21. 21.⚖️ 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 change it (c) we measure it
  22. 22.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the amount of cream is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a timer (b) fresh cream (c) turmeric powder (d) a bowl
  24. 24.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) melting butter (c) melting ice (d) folding paper
  25. 25.⚖️ 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 measure it (c) we keep it the same
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) folding paper (b) freezing water (c) dissolving salt (d) baking a cake
  27. 27.True or false: baking a cake is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🧺 Do we need a jar with a tight lid for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  29. 29.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) fresh cream (b) a bowl (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) a mirror
  30. 30.🧺 Do we need cold water to rinse for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  31. 31.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) thick whipped cream (b) powder (c) ice (d) clear water
  32. 32.True or false: browning lemon ink is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the cream temperature (b) the same jar (c) time to make butter (d) the amount of cream
  34. 34.🧺 Do we need a timer for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  35. 35.⚖️ 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
  36. 36.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a mirror (b) a timer (c) fresh cream (d) cold water to rinse
  37. 37.True or false: folding paper is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  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 keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
  39. 39.🧈 What is the watery liquid left after the butter forms? (a) vinegar (b) honey (c) oil (d) buttermilk
  40. 40.True or false: freezing water is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. time to make butter
  2. freezing water
  3. rusting iron
  4. cannot be undone
  5. False
  6. melting ice
  7. True
  8. True
  9. a timer
  10. melting butter
  11. needed
  12. True
  13. False
  14. it will not break
  15. a battery cell
  16. lumps of butter
  17. so cream does not spill
  18. can be undone
  19. turmeric powder
  20. we change it
  21. we keep it the same
  22. True
  23. turmeric powder
  24. baking a cake
  25. we keep it the same
  26. baking a cake
  27. False
  28. needed
  29. a mirror
  30. needed
  31. thick whipped cream
  32. False
  33. the cream temperature
  34. needed
  35. False
  36. a mirror
  37. True
  38. we keep it the same
  39. buttermilk
  40. False

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