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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 106 · 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 butter (b) folding paper (c) browning lemon ink (d) freezing water
  2. 2.🧈 What is the watery liquid left after the butter forms? (a) oil (b) buttermilk (c) honey (d) vinegar
  3. 3.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  4. 4.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) yeast (b) cold water to rinse (c) fresh cream (d) a bowl
  5. 5.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) fresh cream (b) a bowl (c) a mirror (d) a jar with a tight lid
  6. 6.🧈 Can this change be undone: baking a cake? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  7. 7.⚖️ 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) the amount of cream (c) how hard we shake (d) the cream temperature
  8. 8.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) freezing water (b) melting ice (c) rusting iron (d) melting butter
  9. 9.🛟 Why is a plastic jar a good choice for shaking? (a) it is hotter (b) it is magnetic (c) it is heavier (d) it will not break
  10. 10.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “time to make butter”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
  11. 11.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a mirror (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) a battery cell (d) turmeric powder
  12. 12.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a bowl (b) fresh cream (c) a battery cell (d) a jar with a tight lid
  13. 13.True or false: freezing water is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🧈 Can this change be undone: rusting iron? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  15. 15.🧈 Which tool is used in many Indian homes to churn curd into butter? (a) a pressure cooker (b) a rolling pin (c) a mathani (churner) (d) a sieve
  16. 16.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) a balloon (c) fresh cream (d) a bowl
  17. 17.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it takes much longer (b) it makes salt (c) it is much faster (d) it turns pink
  18. 18.True or false: dissolving salt is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.⚖️ 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
  20. 20.True or false: a jar with a tight lid is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: a magnet is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the same jar is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🧺 Do we need a mirror for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  24. 24.True or false: milk turning to curd is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: turmeric powder is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) freezing water (b) browning lemon ink (c) milk turning to curd (d) cooking an egg
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting ice (b) cooking an egg (c) milk turning to curd (d) baking a cake
  28. 28.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) it turns blue (b) it turns to cheese (c) more butter forms (d) no butter forms
  29. 29.True or false: fresh cream is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so it turns yellow (b) so cream does not spill (c) so air gets out (d) so it gets hot
  31. 31.⚖️ 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
  32. 32.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) cooking an egg (b) baking a cake (c) milk turning to curd (d) folding paper
  33. 33.🧺 Do we need a timer for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  34. 34.🧺 Do we need a bowl for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  35. 35.True or false: melting butter is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) cheese (b) ghee (c) butter lumps (d) still runny cream
  37. 37.True or false: cooking an egg is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: how hard we shake is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🧺 Do we need cold water to rinse for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  40. 40.True or false: melting ice is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. browning lemon ink
  2. buttermilk
  3. not needed
  4. yeast
  5. a mirror
  6. cannot be undone
  7. the cream temperature
  8. rusting iron
  9. it will not break
  10. we measure it
  11. a jar with a tight lid
  12. a battery cell
  13. False
  14. cannot be undone
  15. a mathani (churner)
  16. a balloon
  17. it takes much longer
  18. True
  19. we keep it the same
  20. True
  21. True
  22. False
  23. not needed
  24. False
  25. False
  26. freezing water
  27. melting ice
  28. no butter forms
  29. False
  30. so cream does not spill
  31. we keep it the same
  32. folding paper
  33. needed
  34. needed
  35. False
  36. still runny cream
  37. True
  38. False
  39. needed
  40. False

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