Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 840 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a timer (b) cold water to rinse (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) a magnet
2. 2.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so it turns yellow (b) so it gets hot (c) so air gets out (d) so cream does not spill
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking an egg (b) freezing water (c) baking a cake (d) rusting iron
4. 4.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it is much faster (b) it makes salt (c) it turns pink (d) it takes much longer
5. 5.🔍 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
6. 6.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) it turns blue (b) more butter forms (c) it turns to cheese (d) no butter forms
7. 7.🧺 Do we need yeast for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
8. 8.⚖️ 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
9. 9.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) folding paper (b) freezing water (c) milk turning to curd (d) melting ice
10. 10.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) freezing water (b) cooking an egg (c) baking a cake (d) rusting iron
11. 11.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) cold water to rinse (c) a bowl (d) a battery cell
12. 12.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is what we measure? (a) how hard we shake (b) the same jar (c) the cream temperature (d) time to make butter
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 measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
14. 14.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) freezing water (b) dissolving salt (c) baking a cake (d) melting ice
15. 15.🧈 Can this change be undone: dissolving salt? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dissolving salt (b) folding paper (c) milk turning to curd (d) freezing water
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dissolving salt (b) folding paper (c) melting ice (d) browning lemon ink
18. 18.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
19. 19.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the amount of cream is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.⚖️ 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
21. 21.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) freezing water (b) dissolving salt (c) melting ice (d) browning lemon ink
22. 22.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting butter (b) melting ice (c) freezing water (d) rusting iron
23. 23.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) powder (b) clear water (c) ice (d) thick whipped cream
24. 24.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a battery cell (b) a bowl (c) yeast (d) a magnet
25. 25.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) time to make butter (b) how hard we shake (c) the cream temperature (d) the same jar
27. 27.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting butter? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
28. 28.⚖️ 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
29. 29.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) folding paper (b) milk turning to curd (c) browning lemon ink (d) baking a cake
30. 30.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a bowl (b) fresh cream (c) yeast (d) a jar with a tight lid
31. 31.⚖️ 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
32. 32.True or false: dissolving salt is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting ice? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
34. 34.🧈 Can this change be undone: cooking an egg? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
35. 35.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we measure it
36. 36.True or false: a battery cell is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) cooking an egg (c) milk turning to curd (d) melting ice
38. 38.True or false: baking a cake is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: cold water to rinse is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.⚖️ 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

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