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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 336 · 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.True or false: a magnet is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🧈 Which tool is used in many Indian homes to churn curd into butter? (a) a sieve (b) a pressure cooker (c) a rolling pin (d) a mathani (churner)
  3. 3.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) butter lumps (b) cheese (c) ghee (d) still runny cream
  4. 4.True or false: milk turning to curd is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) fresh cream (b) a timer (c) a bowl (d) turmeric powder
  6. 6.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting butter (b) rusting iron (c) freezing water (d) melting ice
  7. 7.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a bowl (c) yeast (d) a jar with a tight lid
  8. 8.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) a battery cell (c) cold water to rinse (d) a bowl
  9. 9.True or false: folding paper is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: a magnet is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a magnet (b) fresh cream (c) a bowl (d) cold water to rinse
  12. 12.True or false: melting ice is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🛟 Why is a plastic jar a good choice for shaking? (a) it is magnetic (b) it is hotter (c) it is heavier (d) it will not break
  14. 14.⚖️ 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
  15. 15.🧈 Why does shaking cream make butter? (a) the jar adds butter (b) shaking adds salt (c) the lid is warm (d) fat bits stick together
  16. 16.🧺 Do we need a jar with a tight lid for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  17. 17.⚖️ 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) time to make butter (c) the amount of cream (d) the cream temperature
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dissolving salt (b) rusting iron (c) freezing water (d) melting butter
  19. 19.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting butter? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  20. 20.⚖️ 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 same jar (c) the amount of cream (d) time to make butter
  21. 21.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) cooking an egg (b) dissolving salt (c) rusting iron (d) baking a cake
  22. 22.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so air gets out (b) so cream does not spill (c) so it gets hot (d) so it turns yellow
  23. 23.🧺 Do we need fresh cream for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking an egg (b) browning lemon ink (c) dissolving salt (d) rusting iron
  25. 25.True or false: cooking an egg is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting ice (b) melting butter (c) freezing water (d) cooking an egg
  27. 27.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  28. 28.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a balloon (b) a magnet (c) yeast (d) a timer
  29. 29.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a mirror (b) fresh cream (c) a bowl (d) cold water to rinse
  30. 30.🧺 Do we need a timer for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  31. 31.True or false: a mirror is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: a jar with a tight lid is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🧺 Do we need a magnet for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  34. 34.🧺 Do we need yeast for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  35. 35.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) freezing water (b) melting butter (c) milk turning to curd (d) melting ice
  36. 36.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it turns pink (b) it is much faster (c) it takes much longer (d) it makes salt
  37. 37.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the amount of cream”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
  38. 38.True or false: melting ice is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting ice? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  40. 40.True or false: baking a cake is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. False
  2. a mathani (churner)
  3. still runny cream
  4. False
  5. turmeric powder
  6. rusting iron
  7. yeast
  8. a battery cell
  9. True
  10. True
  11. a magnet
  12. True
  13. it will not break
  14. we measure it
  15. fat bits stick together
  16. needed
  17. the cream temperature
  18. rusting iron
  19. can be undone
  20. time to make butter
  21. dissolving salt
  22. so cream does not spill
  23. needed
  24. dissolving salt
  25. False
  26. cooking an egg
  27. not needed
  28. a timer
  29. a mirror
  30. needed
  31. True
  32. False
  33. not needed
  34. not needed
  35. milk turning to curd
  36. it takes much longer
  37. we keep it the same
  38. False
  39. can be undone
  40. True

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