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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 341 · 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 bowl is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🧺 Do we need a bowl for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  3. 3.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) more butter forms (b) no butter forms (c) it turns to cheese (d) it turns blue
  4. 4.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a balloon (b) a battery cell (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) turmeric powder
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) milk turning to curd (b) freezing water (c) melting butter (d) folding paper
  6. 6.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) browning lemon ink (b) baking a cake (c) rusting iron (d) folding paper
  7. 7.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) folding paper (b) melting butter (c) baking a cake (d) dissolving salt
  8. 8.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a timer (b) yeast (c) fresh cream (d) cold water to rinse
  9. 9.🧺 Do we need fresh cream for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  10. 10.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  11. 11.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a timer (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) fresh cream (d) yeast
  12. 12.🧈 Which tool is used in many Indian homes to churn curd into butter? (a) a mathani (churner) (b) a pressure cooker (c) a rolling pin (d) a sieve
  13. 13.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) fresh cream (b) a balloon (c) turmeric powder (d) yeast
  14. 14.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it takes much longer (b) it is much faster (c) it turns pink (d) it makes salt
  15. 15.🧈 Can this change be undone: browning lemon ink? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  16. 16.🧈 Can this change be undone: folding paper? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  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.⚖️ 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
  19. 19.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the same jar (b) the cream temperature (c) time to make butter (d) the amount of cream
  20. 20.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) cheese (b) still runny cream (c) ghee (d) butter lumps
  21. 21.🛟 Why is a plastic jar a good choice for shaking? (a) it is magnetic (b) it will not break (c) it is hotter (d) it is heavier
  22. 22.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the same jar”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) folding paper (b) cooking an egg (c) milk turning to curd (d) browning lemon ink
  24. 24.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the cream temperature”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
  25. 25.⚖️ 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
  26. 26.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so air gets out (b) so it turns yellow (c) so cream does not spill (d) so it gets hot
  27. 27.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a mirror (b) a timer (c) turmeric powder (d) a battery cell
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting butter (b) freezing water (c) folding paper (d) browning lemon ink
  29. 29.True or false: a jar with a tight lid is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) browning lemon ink (b) melting ice (c) baking a cake (d) cooking an egg
  32. 32.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) milk turning to curd (c) melting butter (d) rusting iron
  33. 33.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a balloon (b) cold water to rinse (c) a bowl (d) a jar with a tight lid
  34. 34.🧺 Do we need a magnet for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  35. 35.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a magnet (b) a mirror (c) a bowl (d) turmeric powder
  36. 36.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) fresh cream (b) a timer (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) a battery cell
  37. 37.🧈 Why does shaking cream make butter? (a) the jar adds butter (b) shaking adds salt (c) fat bits stick together (d) the lid is warm
  38. 38.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the same jar is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) fresh cream (b) a magnet (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) a bowl
  40. 40.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) a magnet (c) cold water to rinse (d) a timer

Answer key

  1. False
  2. needed
  3. no butter forms
  4. a jar with a tight lid
  5. milk turning to curd
  6. folding paper
  7. baking a cake
  8. yeast
  9. needed
  10. not needed
  11. yeast
  12. a mathani (churner)
  13. fresh cream
  14. it takes much longer
  15. cannot be undone
  16. can be undone
  17. the cream temperature
  18. False
  19. time to make butter
  20. still runny cream
  21. it will not break
  22. we keep it the same
  23. folding paper
  24. we change it
  25. False
  26. so cream does not spill
  27. a timer
  28. browning lemon ink
  29. True
  30. we keep it the same
  31. melting ice
  32. melting butter
  33. a balloon
  34. not needed
  35. a bowl
  36. a battery cell
  37. fat bits stick together
  38. False
  39. a magnet
  40. a magnet

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