Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 318 · 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.🧈 Why does shaking cream make butter? (a) the lid is warm (b) the jar adds butter (c) shaking adds salt (d) fat bits stick together
2. 2.🧺 Do we need a mirror for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
3. 3.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the same jar is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) freezing water (b) dissolving salt (c) folding paper (d) browning lemon ink
5. 5.⚖️ 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
6. 6.🧺 Do we need fresh cream for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
7. 7.🧈 Which tool is used in many Indian homes to churn curd into butter? (a) a sieve (b) a pressure cooker (c) a mathani (churner) (d) a rolling pin
8. 8.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting butter? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
9. 9.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it takes much longer (b) it turns pink (c) it is much faster (d) it makes salt
10. 10.🧈 Can this change be undone: rusting iron? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
11. 11.🧈 Can this change be undone: milk turning to curd? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
12. 12.True or false: a timer is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “how hard we shake”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
14. 14.🧈 Can this change be undone: browning lemon ink? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking an egg (b) rusting iron (c) dissolving salt (d) browning lemon ink
16. 16.🧺 Do we need a balloon for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
17. 17.True or false: a timer is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking an egg (b) melting ice (c) freezing water (d) folding paper
19. 19.True or false: a balloon is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: a bowl is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🧈 Can this change be undone: freezing water? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
22. 22.🧺 Do we need yeast for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
23. 23.🔍 What do you see after shaking cream in a jar for a long time? (a) clear water only (b) sugar crystals (c) lumps of butter (d) bubbles of gas
24. 24.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) milk turning to curd (b) melting ice (c) rusting iron (d) browning lemon ink
25. 25.🧈 Can this change be undone: cooking an egg? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) browning lemon ink (b) cooking an egg (c) melting ice (d) baking a cake
27. 27.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) ghee (b) still runny cream (c) cheese (d) butter lumps
28. 28.🛟 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
29. 29.True or false: a balloon is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: rusting iron is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) a timer (c) turmeric powder (d) cold water to rinse
32. 32.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) folding paper (b) melting ice (c) cooking an egg (d) melting butter
33. 33.True or false: browning lemon ink is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: a bowl is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting ice? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
36. 36.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) fresh cream (b) a mirror (c) yeast (d) a magnet
37. 37.⚖️ 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
38. 38.⚖️ 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
39. 39.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the cream temperature is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: yeast is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False

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