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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 84 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) melting ice (b) cooking an egg (c) dissolving salt (d) folding paper
  2. 2.🧈 What is the watery liquid left after the butter forms? (a) buttermilk (b) honey (c) vinegar (d) oil
  3. 3.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a mirror (b) a balloon (c) turmeric powder (d) a bowl
  4. 4.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) cold water to rinse (b) yeast (c) a balloon (d) turmeric powder
  5. 5.🔍 What do you see after shaking cream in a jar for a long time? (a) lumps of butter (b) bubbles of gas (c) clear water only (d) sugar crystals
  6. 6.True or false: a battery cell is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) yeast (c) fresh cream (d) a timer
  8. 8.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) dissolving salt (c) freezing water (d) folding paper
  9. 9.True or false: yeast is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🧈 Can this change be undone: dissolving salt? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  11. 11.🧈 Can this change be undone: browning lemon ink? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  12. 12.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a balloon (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) turmeric powder (d) a magnet
  13. 13.⚖️ 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) the cream temperature (c) the same jar (d) time to make butter
  14. 14.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting ice (b) milk turning to curd (c) melting butter (d) freezing water
  15. 15.🧈 Can this change be undone: cooking an egg? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  16. 16.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a mirror (c) fresh cream (d) a jar with a tight lid
  17. 17.🧈 Why does shaking cream make butter? (a) shaking adds salt (b) the jar adds butter (c) the lid is warm (d) fat bits stick together
  18. 18.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the amount of cream (b) time to make butter (c) the cream temperature
  19. 19.True or false: rusting iron is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🧺 Do we need a jar with a tight lid for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  21. 21.⚖️ 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
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) baking a cake (b) melting butter (c) freezing water (d) melting ice
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) browning lemon ink (b) freezing water (c) melting butter (d) melting ice
  24. 24.⚖️ 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 amount of cream (c) time to make butter (d) the same jar
  25. 25.🧈 Can this change be undone: baking a cake? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  26. 26.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting ice? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  27. 27.⚖️ 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) True (b) False
  28. 28.⚖️ 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
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) baking a cake (b) milk turning to curd (c) cooking an egg (d) dissolving salt
  30. 30.⚖️ 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 change it (c) we keep it the same
  31. 31.True or false: fresh cream is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.⚖️ 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) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) it turns to cheese (b) no butter forms (c) it turns blue (d) more butter forms
  34. 34.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a bowl (b) a timer (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) a battery cell
  35. 35.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so it gets hot (b) so air gets out (c) so cream does not spill (d) so it turns yellow
  36. 36.🧈 Can this change be undone: rusting iron? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  37. 37.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we change it
  38. 38.⚖️ 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
  39. 39.⚖️ 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
  40. 40.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) still runny cream (b) ghee (c) butter lumps (d) cheese

Answer key

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

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