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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 210 · 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 shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) more butter forms (b) it turns to cheese (c) no butter forms (d) it turns blue
  2. 2.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the same jar is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) milk turning to curd (c) rusting iron (d) dissolving salt
  4. 4.🧺 Do we need a mirror for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  5. 5.🧈 Which tool is used in many Indian homes to churn curd into butter? (a) a rolling pin (b) a mathani (churner) (c) a pressure cooker (d) a sieve
  6. 6.True or false: a magnet is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: melting butter is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) a mirror (c) cold water to rinse (d) a bowl
  9. 9.⚖️ 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
  10. 10.True or false: rusting iron is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: a mirror is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) milk turning to curd (b) baking a cake (c) browning lemon ink (d) melting ice
  13. 13.🔍 What do you see after shaking cream in a jar for a long time? (a) clear water only (b) bubbles of gas (c) sugar crystals (d) lumps of butter
  14. 14.🧈 Can this change be undone: milk turning to curd? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  15. 15.⚖️ 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
  16. 16.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: time to make butter is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) a magnet (c) fresh cream (d) a bowl
  18. 18.True or false: a timer is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) freezing water (b) melting ice (c) rusting iron (d) folding paper
  20. 20.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) fresh cream (b) a magnet (c) a battery cell (d) yeast
  21. 21.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a timer (b) fresh cream (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) a balloon
  22. 22.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a timer (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) yeast (d) a bowl
  23. 23.⚖️ 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
  24. 24.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) turmeric powder (b) cold water to rinse (c) a timer (d) fresh cream
  25. 25.True or false: a bowl is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) cold water to rinse (c) yeast (d) a timer
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting ice (b) milk turning to curd (c) freezing water (d) dissolving salt
  28. 28.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  29. 29.True or false: a bowl is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) powder (b) thick whipped cream (c) clear water (d) ice
  31. 31.🛟 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
  32. 32.True or false: a mirror is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🧺 Do we need a jar with a tight lid for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  34. 34.🧺 Do we need fresh cream for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  35. 35.🛟 Why is a plastic jar a good choice for shaking? (a) it is heavier (b) it is hotter (c) it will not break (d) it is magnetic
  36. 36.⚖️ 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) the amount of cream
  37. 37.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) freezing water (b) melting butter (c) rusting iron (d) melting ice
  38. 38.🧺 Do we need a bowl for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  39. 39.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a mirror (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) fresh cream (d) a timer
  40. 40.True or false: baking a cake is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. no butter forms
  2. True
  3. dissolving salt
  4. not needed
  5. a mathani (churner)
  6. False
  7. False
  8. a mirror
  9. we change it
  10. True
  11. True
  12. melting ice
  13. lumps of butter
  14. cannot be undone
  15. we measure it
  16. False
  17. a magnet
  18. False
  19. rusting iron
  20. fresh cream
  21. a balloon
  22. yeast
  23. True
  24. turmeric powder
  25. True
  26. yeast
  27. milk turning to curd
  28. not needed
  29. False
  30. thick whipped cream
  31. so cream does not spill
  32. False
  33. needed
  34. needed
  35. it will not break
  36. the amount of cream
  37. rusting iron
  38. needed
  39. a mirror
  40. False

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