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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 178 · 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 tool is used in many Indian homes to churn curd into butter? (a) a sieve (b) a rolling pin (c) a pressure cooker (d) a mathani (churner)
  2. 2.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) fresh cream (b) turmeric powder (c) a timer (d) a bowl
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rusting iron (b) freezing water (c) dissolving salt (d) folding paper
  4. 4.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) yeast (b) a timer (c) a bowl (d) fresh cream
  5. 5.🧈 Can this change be undone: cooking an egg? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  6. 6.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) cold water to rinse (c) a magnet (d) a timer
  7. 7.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a balloon (b) a bowl (c) yeast (d) a magnet
  8. 8.🛟 Why is a plastic jar a good choice for shaking? (a) it will not break (b) it is magnetic (c) it is heavier (d) it is hotter
  9. 9.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) still runny cream (b) ghee (c) butter lumps (d) cheese
  10. 10.True or false: a mirror is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the same jar is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) yeast (b) a magnet (c) a balloon (d) a timer
  13. 13.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) rusting iron (b) melting ice (c) freezing water (d) melting butter
  14. 14.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) how hard we shake (b) time to make butter (c) the cream temperature (d) the same jar
  15. 15.🧈 What is the watery liquid left after the butter forms? (a) vinegar (b) oil (c) honey (d) buttermilk
  16. 16.True or false: melting butter is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🧈 Can this change be undone: browning lemon ink? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  18. 18.⚖️ 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
  19. 19.🛟 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
  20. 20.True or false: folding paper is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.⚖️ 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
  22. 22.🧺 Do we need cold water to rinse for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  23. 23.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  24. 24.🔍 What do you see after shaking cream in a jar for a long time? (a) lumps of butter (b) bubbles of gas (c) sugar crystals (d) clear water only
  25. 25.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) cooking an egg (b) dissolving salt (c) baking a cake (d) browning lemon ink
  26. 26.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting ice? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) milk turning to curd (b) cooking an egg (c) browning lemon ink (d) melting butter
  28. 28.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) fresh cream (c) cold water to rinse (d) yeast
  29. 29.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a balloon (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) a timer (d) fresh cream
  30. 30.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) clear water (b) powder (c) thick whipped cream (d) ice
  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 keep it the same (c) we measure it
  32. 32.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it turns pink (b) it makes salt (c) it is much faster (d) it takes much longer
  33. 33.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) freezing water (b) folding paper (c) melting butter (d) baking a cake
  34. 34.⚖️ 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 same jar (c) the cream temperature
  35. 35.True or false: milk turning to curd is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the same jar is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.⚖️ 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
  38. 38.⚖️ 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 measure it (c) we keep it the same
  39. 39.True or false: fresh cream is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: rusting iron is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. a mathani (churner)
  2. turmeric powder
  3. rusting iron
  4. yeast
  5. cannot be undone
  6. a magnet
  7. a bowl
  8. it will not break
  9. still runny cream
  10. False
  11. False
  12. a timer
  13. rusting iron
  14. the cream temperature
  15. buttermilk
  16. True
  17. cannot be undone
  18. False
  19. so cream does not spill
  20. False
  21. False
  22. needed
  23. not needed
  24. lumps of butter
  25. dissolving salt
  26. can be undone
  27. melting butter
  28. yeast
  29. a balloon
  30. thick whipped cream
  31. we keep it the same
  32. it takes much longer
  33. baking a cake
  34. the same jar
  35. False
  36. True
  37. False
  38. we measure it
  39. True
  40. False

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