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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 955 · 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 fresh cream for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  2. 2.True or false: a bowl is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🧈 What is the watery liquid left after the butter forms? (a) honey (b) vinegar (c) buttermilk (d) oil
  4. 4.True or false: a jar with a tight lid is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🧺 Do we need a timer for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  6. 6.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) butter lumps (b) cheese (c) ghee (d) still runny cream
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) freezing water (b) melting ice (c) folding paper (d) baking a cake
  8. 8.True or false: a battery cell is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🧺 Do we need a jar with a tight lid for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  10. 10.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “how hard we shake”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
  11. 11.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) fresh cream (b) a timer (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) turmeric powder
  12. 12.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a magnet (b) yeast (c) a mirror (d) a bowl
  13. 13.🧈 Can this change be undone: cooking an egg? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  14. 14.⚖️ 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
  15. 15.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) no butter forms (b) it turns blue (c) it turns to cheese (d) more butter forms
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting ice (b) melting butter (c) cooking an egg (d) folding paper
  17. 17.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the cream temperature”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
  18. 18.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) fresh cream (b) a bowl (c) a timer (d) a mirror
  19. 19.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) turmeric powder (c) a mirror (d) a battery cell
  20. 20.⚖️ 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 amount of cream (c) the cream temperature
  21. 21.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so cream does not spill (b) so it turns yellow (c) so air gets out (d) so it gets hot
  22. 22.True or false: a timer is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the same jar (b) the cream temperature (c) the amount of cream (d) time to make butter
  24. 24.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) yeast (b) a timer (c) a bowl (d) fresh cream
  25. 25.🛟 Why is a plastic jar a good choice for shaking? (a) it is hotter (b) it is heavier (c) it will not break (d) it is magnetic
  26. 26.True or false: yeast is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) milk turning to curd (b) cooking an egg (c) melting butter (d) baking a cake
  28. 28.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the cream temperature (b) time to make butter (c) the same jar
  29. 29.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) cooking an egg (c) melting ice (d) browning lemon ink
  30. 30.True or false: fresh cream is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the cream temperature is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a magnet (b) turmeric powder (c) a timer (d) a mirror
  33. 33.🧺 Do we need a magnet for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  34. 34.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a timer (b) a battery cell (c) fresh cream (d) cold water to rinse
  35. 35.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) fresh cream (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) a timer (d) a magnet
  36. 36.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  37. 37.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it turns pink (b) it is much faster (c) it takes much longer (d) it makes salt
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) milk turning to curd (b) baking a cake (c) folding paper (d) cooking an egg
  39. 39.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cold water to rinse (b) fresh cream (c) a bowl (d) a balloon
  40. 40.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting ice? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone

Answer key

  1. needed
  2. True
  3. buttermilk
  4. False
  5. needed
  6. still runny cream
  7. baking a cake
  8. False
  9. needed
  10. we keep it the same
  11. turmeric powder
  12. a bowl
  13. cannot be undone
  14. True
  15. no butter forms
  16. cooking an egg
  17. we change it
  18. a mirror
  19. a jar with a tight lid
  20. the amount of cream
  21. so cream does not spill
  22. True
  23. time to make butter
  24. yeast
  25. it will not break
  26. True
  27. melting butter
  28. the same jar
  29. melting ice
  30. False
  31. False
  32. a timer
  33. not needed
  34. a battery cell
  35. a magnet
  36. not needed
  37. it takes much longer
  38. folding paper
  39. a balloon
  40. can be undone

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