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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 305 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) cooking an egg (b) milk turning to curd (c) melting butter (d) baking a cake
  2. 2.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) butter lumps (b) still runny cream (c) ghee (d) cheese
  3. 3.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a bowl (b) cold water to rinse (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) a magnet
  4. 4.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the cream temperature (b) how hard we shake (c) time to make butter (d) the amount of cream
  5. 5.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) milk turning to curd (b) baking a cake (c) rusting iron (d) freezing water
  6. 6.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) it turns to cheese (b) more butter forms (c) no butter forms (d) it turns blue
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) folding paper (b) melting butter (c) freezing water (d) rusting iron
  8. 8.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) a timer (c) fresh cream (d) a balloon
  9. 9.True or false: folding paper is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) freezing water (b) dissolving salt (c) melting ice (d) baking a cake
  11. 11.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting butter (b) dissolving salt (c) baking a cake (d) folding paper
  12. 12.🧺 Do we need cold water to rinse for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  13. 13.🧈 Can this change be undone: dissolving salt? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking an egg (b) melting ice (c) freezing water (d) folding paper
  15. 15.⚖️ 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
  16. 16.True or false: a timer is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: a balloon is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) a bowl (c) fresh cream (d) a battery cell
  19. 19.True or false: a jar with a tight lid is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🧈 Can this change be undone: browning lemon ink? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  21. 21.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a bowl (b) cold water to rinse (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) a mirror
  22. 22.🧺 Do we need a mirror for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  23. 23.🧺 Do we need a balloon for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  24. 24.🧈 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
  25. 25.⚖️ 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
  26. 26.⚖️ 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
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) browning lemon ink (b) freezing water (c) cooking an egg (d) rusting iron
  28. 28.🧺 Do we need a magnet for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  29. 29.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) yeast (b) a mirror (c) a magnet (d) a bowl
  30. 30.True or false: melting butter is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) browning lemon ink (b) melting butter (c) baking a cake (d) cooking an egg
  32. 32.🧺 Do we need a timer for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  33. 33.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: time to make butter is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: a magnet is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🧺 Do we need yeast for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  36. 36.🛟 Why is a plastic jar a good choice for shaking? (a) it will not break (b) it is magnetic (c) it is hotter (d) it is heavier
  37. 37.True or false: dissolving salt is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: cooking an egg is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) ice (b) thick whipped cream (c) powder (d) clear water
  40. 40.⚖️ 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

Answer key

  1. melting butter
  2. still runny cream
  3. a magnet
  4. time to make butter
  5. freezing water
  6. no butter forms
  7. rusting iron
  8. a balloon
  9. False
  10. baking a cake
  11. baking a cake
  12. needed
  13. can be undone
  14. cooking an egg
  15. False
  16. False
  17. False
  18. a battery cell
  19. True
  20. cannot be undone
  21. a mirror
  22. not needed
  23. not needed
  24. a mathani (churner)
  25. False
  26. True
  27. freezing water
  28. not needed
  29. a bowl
  30. True
  31. melting butter
  32. needed
  33. True
  34. False
  35. not needed
  36. it will not break
  37. True
  38. True
  39. thick whipped cream
  40. False

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