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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 132 · 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) ghee (b) butter lumps (c) still runny cream (d) cheese
  2. 2.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a bowl (b) a mirror (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) fresh cream
  3. 3.True or false: a jar with a tight lid is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🧈 Why does shaking cream make butter? (a) the jar adds butter (b) shaking adds salt (c) the lid is warm (d) fat bits stick together
  5. 5.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) ice (b) thick whipped cream (c) clear water (d) powder
  6. 6.True or false: folding paper is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it turns pink (b) it takes much longer (c) it is much faster (d) it makes salt
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) folding paper (b) melting ice (c) baking a cake (d) freezing water
  9. 9.🧈 Can this change be undone: folding paper? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  10. 10.🧈 Can this change be undone: dissolving salt? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  11. 11.⚖️ 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) time to make butter (c) the amount of cream (d) the same jar
  12. 12.⚖️ 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
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting butter (b) browning lemon ink (c) baking a cake (d) rusting iron
  14. 14.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting ice? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  15. 15.True or false: a balloon is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) fresh cream (b) a bowl (c) a mirror (d) a timer
  17. 17.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) rusting iron (c) milk turning to curd (d) freezing water
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking an egg (b) browning lemon ink (c) folding paper (d) baking a cake
  19. 19.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the same jar (b) the amount of cream (c) the cream temperature (d) time to make butter
  20. 20.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we change it
  21. 21.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a magnet (b) cold water to rinse (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) a timer
  22. 22.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a bowl (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) a timer (d) turmeric powder
  23. 23.True or false: yeast is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: baking a cake is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting ice (b) baking a cake (c) browning lemon ink (d) cooking an egg
  27. 27.⚖️ 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
  28. 28.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) it turns to cheese (b) more butter forms (c) it turns blue (d) no butter forms
  29. 29.🧺 Do we need a balloon for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  30. 30.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  31. 31.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we change it
  32. 32.🧈 Which tool is used in many Indian homes to churn curd into butter? (a) a sieve (b) a pressure cooker (c) a mathani (churner) (d) a rolling pin
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) baking a cake (b) browning lemon ink (c) milk turning to curd (d) freezing water
  34. 34.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the amount of cream is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) melting ice (b) cooking an egg (c) browning lemon ink (d) milk turning to curd
  36. 36.True or false: turmeric powder is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.⚖️ 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
  38. 38.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a mirror (b) turmeric powder (c) a magnet (d) a jar with a tight lid
  39. 39.🧈 Can this change be undone: rusting iron? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  40. 40.🧺 Do we need a magnet for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed

Answer key

  1. still runny cream
  2. a mirror
  3. False
  4. fat bits stick together
  5. thick whipped cream
  6. True
  7. it takes much longer
  8. baking a cake
  9. can be undone
  10. can be undone
  11. time to make butter
  12. False
  13. melting butter
  14. can be undone
  15. False
  16. a mirror
  17. freezing water
  18. folding paper
  19. the cream temperature
  20. we keep it the same
  21. a magnet
  22. turmeric powder
  23. False
  24. False
  25. not needed
  26. melting ice
  27. False
  28. no butter forms
  29. not needed
  30. not needed
  31. we measure it
  32. a mathani (churner)
  33. freezing water
  34. False
  35. melting ice
  36. False
  37. True
  38. a jar with a tight lid
  39. cannot be undone
  40. not needed

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