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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 189 · 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 of these is not needed for making butter? (a) fresh cream (b) a mirror (c) a bowl (d) a jar with a tight lid
  2. 2.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the cream temperature”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
  3. 3.🧈 Can this change be undone: milk turning to curd? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  4. 4.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a mirror (b) a magnet (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) turmeric powder
  5. 5.🔍 What do you see after shaking cream in a jar for a long time? (a) clear water only (b) bubbles of gas (c) lumps of butter (d) sugar crystals
  6. 6.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) thick whipped cream (b) ice (c) powder (d) clear water
  7. 7.🧺 Do we need a bowl for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  8. 8.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) still runny cream (b) ghee (c) butter lumps (d) cheese
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting ice (b) freezing water (c) melting butter (d) milk turning to curd
  10. 10.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is what we measure? (a) time to make butter (b) the cream temperature (c) the same jar (d) the amount of cream
  11. 11.True or false: fresh cream is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.⚖️ 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 cream temperature (c) the amount of cream (d) how hard we shake
  13. 13.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “time to make butter”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
  14. 14.True or false: a bowl is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a timer (b) fresh cream (c) cold water to rinse (d) a magnet
  16. 16.🧈 Can this change be undone: cooking an egg? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  17. 17.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a balloon (b) turmeric powder (c) yeast (d) a timer
  18. 18.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a balloon (b) fresh cream (c) cold water to rinse (d) a bowl
  19. 19.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a battery cell (b) yeast (c) a balloon (d) fresh cream
  20. 20.⚖️ 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
  21. 21.⚖️ 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
  22. 22.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  23. 23.🧈 Which tool is used in many Indian homes to churn curd into butter? (a) a mathani (churner) (b) a pressure cooker (c) a sieve (d) a rolling pin
  24. 24.🧈 Why does shaking cream make butter? (a) fat bits stick together (b) the jar adds butter (c) shaking adds salt (d) the lid is warm
  25. 25.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so air gets out (b) so it gets hot (c) so cream does not spill (d) so it turns yellow
  26. 26.⚖️ 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
  27. 27.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) a battery cell (c) a bowl (d) fresh cream
  28. 28.True or false: milk turning to curd is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) freezing water (b) melting butter (c) melting ice (d) baking a cake
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) baking a cake (b) cooking an egg (c) milk turning to curd (d) freezing water
  31. 31.True or false: a battery cell is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: a balloon is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: browning lemon ink is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: melting butter is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a magnet (b) cold water to rinse (c) a battery cell (d) a mirror
  36. 36.True or false: cooking an egg is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a bowl (b) a battery cell (c) a balloon (d) a magnet
  38. 38.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: how hard we shake is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🧈 Can this change be undone: freezing water? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  40. 40.True or false: turmeric powder is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. a mirror
  2. we change it
  3. cannot be undone
  4. a jar with a tight lid
  5. lumps of butter
  6. thick whipped cream
  7. needed
  8. still runny cream
  9. milk turning to curd
  10. time to make butter
  11. True
  12. the cream temperature
  13. we measure it
  14. False
  15. a magnet
  16. cannot be undone
  17. a timer
  18. a balloon
  19. fresh cream
  20. False
  21. False
  22. not needed
  23. a mathani (churner)
  24. fat bits stick together
  25. so cream does not spill
  26. False
  27. a battery cell
  28. False
  29. baking a cake
  30. freezing water
  31. True
  32. False
  33. False
  34. True
  35. cold water to rinse
  36. False
  37. a bowl
  38. True
  39. can be undone
  40. False

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