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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 246 · 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.🧈 Can this change be undone: baking a cake? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) milk turning to curd (b) rusting iron (c) folding paper (d) baking a cake
  3. 3.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a timer (b) a bowl (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) a magnet
  4. 4.🧺 Do we need yeast 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 sieve (b) a rolling pin (c) a mathani (churner) (d) a pressure cooker
  6. 6.🧺 Do we need a timer for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  7. 7.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so it turns yellow (b) so air gets out (c) so it gets hot (d) so cream does not spill
  8. 8.⚖️ 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
  9. 9.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) it turns to cheese (b) it turns blue (c) more butter forms (d) no butter forms
  10. 10.True or false: a balloon is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: cooking an egg is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a timer (c) fresh cream (d) a mirror
  13. 13.True or false: a magnet is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a mirror (b) a balloon (c) a bowl (d) yeast
  15. 15.True or false: yeast is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) rusting iron (b) dissolving salt (c) cooking an egg (d) baking a cake
  17. 17.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting ice (b) folding paper (c) dissolving salt (d) cooking an egg
  18. 18.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a timer (b) yeast (c) a bowl (d) cold water to rinse
  19. 19.🧈 Can this change be undone: browning lemon ink? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  20. 20.True or false: cold water to rinse is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting butter? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  22. 22.🧺 Do we need a mirror for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  23. 23.⚖️ 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
  24. 24.⚖️ 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 cream temperature (c) how hard we shake (d) time to make butter
  25. 25.🛟 Why is a plastic jar a good choice for shaking? (a) it is heavier (b) it will not break (c) it is magnetic (d) it is hotter
  26. 26.🧈 What is the watery liquid left after the butter forms? (a) buttermilk (b) oil (c) honey (d) vinegar
  27. 27.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) rusting iron (b) cooking an egg (c) browning lemon ink (d) melting butter
  28. 28.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the cream temperature (b) the amount of cream (c) time to make butter (d) the same jar
  29. 29.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a timer (b) a bowl (c) a balloon (d) fresh cream
  30. 30.⚖️ 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
  31. 31.🧈 Can this change be undone: cooking an egg? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  32. 32.⚖️ 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
  33. 33.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting butter (b) browning lemon ink (c) dissolving salt (d) folding paper
  34. 34.🧈 Can this change be undone: folding paper? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  35. 35.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) ice (b) clear water (c) powder (d) thick whipped cream
  36. 36.⚖️ 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
  37. 37.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the amount of cream is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) baking a cake (b) freezing water (c) milk turning to curd (d) rusting iron
  39. 39.🧈 Can this change be undone: rusting iron? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  40. 40.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) butter lumps (b) still runny cream (c) cheese (d) ghee

Answer key

  1. cannot be undone
  2. folding paper
  3. a magnet
  4. not needed
  5. a mathani (churner)
  6. needed
  7. so cream does not spill
  8. we measure it
  9. no butter forms
  10. True
  11. False
  12. a mirror
  13. False
  14. a bowl
  15. True
  16. dissolving salt
  17. cooking an egg
  18. yeast
  19. cannot be undone
  20. False
  21. can be undone
  22. not needed
  23. False
  24. the cream temperature
  25. it will not break
  26. buttermilk
  27. melting butter
  28. time to make butter
  29. a balloon
  30. False
  31. cannot be undone
  32. we keep it the same
  33. browning lemon ink
  34. can be undone
  35. thick whipped cream
  36. False
  37. True
  38. freezing water
  39. cannot be undone
  40. still runny cream

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