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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 361 · 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.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) butter lumps (b) ghee (c) cheese (d) still runny cream
  2. 2.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) cooking an egg (b) rusting iron (c) melting ice (d) baking a cake
  3. 3.🧺 Do we need a balloon for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  4. 4.True or false: a bowl is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.⚖️ 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
  6. 6.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: how hard we shake is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) ice (b) thick whipped cream (c) powder (d) clear water
  8. 8.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) browning lemon ink (b) freezing water (c) folding paper (d) melting ice
  9. 9.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is kept the same? (a) time to make butter (b) the amount of cream (c) the cream temperature
  10. 10.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a mirror (b) a magnet (c) yeast (d) a jar with a tight lid
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking an egg (b) rusting iron (c) milk turning to curd (d) freezing water
  12. 12.🧈 Can this change be undone: freezing water? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  13. 13.🔍 What do you see after shaking cream in a jar for a long time? (a) lumps of butter (b) bubbles of gas (c) sugar crystals (d) clear water only
  14. 14.🧺 Do we need a bowl for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  15. 15.🧈 What is the watery liquid left after the butter forms? (a) buttermilk (b) oil (c) vinegar (d) honey
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dissolving salt (b) browning lemon ink (c) folding paper (d) freezing water
  17. 17.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) fresh cream (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) a bowl (d) turmeric powder
  18. 18.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is what we measure? (a) time to make butter (b) the amount of cream (c) how hard we shake (d) the same jar
  19. 19.🛟 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
  20. 20.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting butter? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  21. 21.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) time to make butter (b) the same jar (c) the cream temperature (d) the amount of cream
  23. 23.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the cream temperature is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) fresh cream (b) a bowl (c) cold water to rinse (d) a battery cell
  25. 25.True or false: dissolving salt is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧈 Can this change be undone: cooking an egg? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  27. 27.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) more butter forms (b) it turns to cheese (c) it turns blue (d) no butter forms
  28. 28.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the cream temperature”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
  29. 29.True or false: melting butter is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🧈 Which tool is used in many Indian homes to churn curd into butter? (a) a sieve (b) a mathani (churner) (c) a pressure cooker (d) a rolling pin
  31. 31.True or false: cold water to rinse is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🧺 Do we need fresh cream 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: the amount of cream is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it turns pink (b) it makes salt (c) it takes much longer (d) it is much faster
  35. 35.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a timer (b) a bowl (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) a balloon
  36. 36.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a timer (b) yeast (c) turmeric powder (d) a balloon
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting ice (b) cooking an egg (c) melting butter (d) freezing water
  38. 38.True or false: fresh cream is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a mirror (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) fresh cream (d) a bowl
  40. 40.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a bowl (c) a magnet (d) a timer

Answer key

  1. still runny cream
  2. melting ice
  3. not needed
  4. False
  5. we keep it the same
  6. True
  7. thick whipped cream
  8. browning lemon ink
  9. the amount of cream
  10. a jar with a tight lid
  11. freezing water
  12. can be undone
  13. lumps of butter
  14. needed
  15. buttermilk
  16. browning lemon ink
  17. turmeric powder
  18. time to make butter
  19. so cream does not spill
  20. can be undone
  21. True
  22. the cream temperature
  23. False
  24. a battery cell
  25. False
  26. cannot be undone
  27. no butter forms
  28. we change it
  29. True
  30. a mathani (churner)
  31. False
  32. needed
  33. True
  34. it takes much longer
  35. a balloon
  36. a timer
  37. cooking an egg
  38. False
  39. a mirror
  40. a magnet

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