Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 219 · 40 questions

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.

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

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