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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 828 · 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.🧺 Do we need a bowl for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  2. 2.🧈 Can this change be undone: folding paper? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  3. 3.True or false: dissolving salt is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: yeast is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  6. 6.⚖️ 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) False (b) True
  7. 7.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) ice (b) thick whipped cream (c) powder (d) clear water
  8. 8.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a bowl (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) a battery cell (d) cold water to rinse
  9. 9.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) yeast (b) a bowl (c) cold water to rinse (d) fresh cream
  10. 10.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) freezing water (b) melting ice (c) dissolving salt (d) milk turning to curd
  11. 11.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: time to make butter is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: how hard we shake is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.⚖️ 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
  14. 14.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) ghee (b) cheese (c) still runny cream (d) butter lumps
  15. 15.⚖️ 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 cream temperature (c) the amount of cream (d) time to make butter
  16. 16.🧈 Can this change be undone: milk turning to curd? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  17. 17.🛟 Why is a plastic jar a good choice for shaking? (a) it is hotter (b) it is magnetic (c) it will not break (d) it is heavier
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) browning lemon ink (b) cooking an egg (c) freezing water (d) baking a cake
  19. 19.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a timer (b) turmeric powder (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) fresh cream
  20. 20.True or false: a timer is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting butter? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  22. 22.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) a magnet (c) a battery cell (d) turmeric powder
  23. 23.🧈 Can this change be undone: baking a cake? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  24. 24.True or false: a battery cell is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🧺 Do we need fresh cream for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  26. 26.🧈 Can this change be undone: rusting iron? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rusting iron (b) melting butter (c) browning lemon ink (d) cooking an egg
  28. 28.⚖️ 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) the same jar (c) the cream temperature
  29. 29.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the same jar”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
  30. 30.True or false: cooking an egg is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  32. 32.⚖️ 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
  33. 33.⚖️ 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 change it (c) we keep it the same
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting ice (b) rusting iron (c) melting butter (d) dissolving salt
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) browning lemon ink (b) milk turning to curd (c) melting ice (d) baking a cake
  36. 36.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a bowl (b) a timer (c) fresh cream (d) a magnet
  37. 37.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so air gets out (b) so it turns yellow (c) so it gets hot (d) so cream does not spill
  38. 38.🧈 Why does shaking cream make butter? (a) shaking adds salt (b) the lid is warm (c) the jar adds butter (d) fat bits stick together
  39. 39.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) rusting iron (b) cooking an egg (c) milk turning to curd (d) folding paper
  40. 40.🔮 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

Answer key

  1. needed
  2. can be undone
  3. True
  4. False
  5. not needed
  6. False
  7. thick whipped cream
  8. a battery cell
  9. yeast
  10. milk turning to curd
  11. False
  12. True
  13. we keep it the same
  14. still runny cream
  15. the cream temperature
  16. cannot be undone
  17. it will not break
  18. freezing water
  19. turmeric powder
  20. True
  21. can be undone
  22. a jar with a tight lid
  23. cannot be undone
  24. True
  25. needed
  26. cannot be undone
  27. melting butter
  28. the same jar
  29. we keep it the same
  30. True
  31. not needed
  32. True
  33. we change it
  34. rusting iron
  35. melting ice
  36. a magnet
  37. so cream does not spill
  38. fat bits stick together
  39. folding paper
  40. it takes much longer

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