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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 974 · 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.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) cheese (b) butter lumps (c) still runny cream (d) ghee
  2. 2.⚖️ 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) time to make butter (c) how hard we shake (d) the cream temperature
  3. 3.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “time to make butter”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dissolving salt (b) browning lemon ink (c) milk turning to curd (d) baking a cake
  5. 5.True or false: browning lemon ink is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: melting ice is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🧈 Can this change be undone: folding paper? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  8. 8.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a bowl (b) a magnet (c) a timer (d) a jar with a tight lid
  9. 9.True or false: a jar with a tight lid is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🧈 What is the watery liquid left after the butter forms? (a) honey (b) vinegar (c) oil (d) buttermilk
  11. 11.True or false: dissolving salt is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) a magnet (c) yeast (d) a mirror
  13. 13.🧈 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 butter
  14. 14.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the amount of cream”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
  15. 15.True or false: turmeric powder is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the cream temperature is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: melting ice is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.⚖️ 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
  19. 19.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) fresh cream (b) cold water to rinse (c) a bowl (d) a magnet
  20. 20.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting ice? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  21. 21.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting butter? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  22. 22.True or false: melting butter is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a balloon (c) yeast (d) a battery cell
  24. 24.🧺 Do we need a timer for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  25. 25.⚖️ 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) how hard we shake
  26. 26.🧺 Do we need a balloon for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  27. 27.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so it gets hot (b) so it turns yellow (c) so cream does not spill (d) so air gets out
  29. 29.🧈 Can this change be undone: browning lemon ink? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  30. 30.🛟 Why is a plastic jar a good choice for shaking? (a) it is hotter (b) it will not break (c) it is magnetic (d) it is heavier
  31. 31.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) it turns to cheese (b) it turns blue (c) no butter forms (d) more butter forms
  32. 32.True or false: a balloon is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🧈 Why does shaking cream make butter? (a) the jar adds butter (b) fat bits stick together (c) the lid is warm (d) shaking adds salt
  34. 34.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting ice (b) dissolving salt (c) freezing water (d) rusting iron
  36. 36.True or false: folding paper is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🧺 Do we need yeast for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  38. 38.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) rusting iron (b) melting butter (c) dissolving salt (d) melting ice
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) freezing water (b) melting butter (c) baking a cake (d) melting ice
  40. 40.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) a bowl (d) a balloon

Answer key

  1. still runny cream
  2. time to make butter
  3. we measure it
  4. dissolving salt
  5. False
  6. False
  7. can be undone
  8. a magnet
  9. False
  10. buttermilk
  11. True
  12. a jar with a tight lid
  13. melting butter
  14. we keep it the same
  15. False
  16. False
  17. True
  18. False
  19. a magnet
  20. can be undone
  21. can be undone
  22. False
  23. cold water to rinse
  24. needed
  25. how hard we shake
  26. not needed
  27. True
  28. so cream does not spill
  29. cannot be undone
  30. it will not break
  31. no butter forms
  32. False
  33. fat bits stick together
  34. not needed
  35. rusting iron
  36. True
  37. not needed
  38. rusting iron
  39. baking a cake
  40. a balloon

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