Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 365 · 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.🧈 Which tool is used in many Indian homes to churn curd into butter? (a) a sieve (b) a mathani (churner) (c) a rolling pin (d) a pressure cooker
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) freezing water (b) dissolving salt (c) folding paper (d) milk turning to curd
3. 3.🔍 What do you see after shaking cream in a jar for a long time? (a) clear water only (b) bubbles of gas (c) sugar crystals (d) lumps of butter
4. 4.🧈 Can this change be undone: freezing water? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
5. 5.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a magnet (b) a timer (c) fresh cream (d) cold water to rinse
6. 6.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a balloon (b) a bowl (c) fresh cream (d) a jar with a tight lid
7. 7.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so cream does not spill (b) so air gets out (c) so it turns yellow (d) so it gets hot
8. 8.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a magnet (b) a bowl (c) a battery cell (d) turmeric powder
9. 9.True or false: a timer is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🧈 Can this change be undone: milk turning to curd? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
11. 11.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) fresh cream (b) yeast (c) cold water to rinse (d) a jar with a tight lid
12. 12.True or false: a balloon is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: dissolving salt is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🧈 Can this change be undone: browning lemon ink? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
15. 15.⚖️ 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
16. 16.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the same jar”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
17. 17.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) ghee (b) cheese (c) still runny cream (d) butter lumps
18. 18.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) milk turning to curd (c) cooking an egg (d) dissolving salt
19. 19.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “time to make butter”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
20. 20.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
21. 21.True or false: a bowl is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: a bowl is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
24. 24.🧺 Do we need a mirror for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
25. 25.🧈 Can this change be undone: rusting iron? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking an egg (b) dissolving salt (c) melting ice (d) folding paper
27. 27.🛟 Why is a plastic jar a good choice for shaking? (a) it is heavier (b) it is hotter (c) it will not break (d) it is magnetic
28. 28.🧺 Do we need a timer for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
29. 29.True or false: a battery cell is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) freezing water (b) melting ice (c) melting butter (d) milk turning to curd
31. 31.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) cooking an egg (b) melting ice (c) dissolving salt (d) melting butter
32. 32.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) it turns blue (b) no butter forms (c) it turns to cheese (d) more butter forms
33. 33.True or false: a mirror is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rusting iron (b) baking a cake (c) cooking an egg (d) freezing water
35. 35.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the same jar is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🧺 Do we need cold water to rinse for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
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 change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
38. 38.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting ice? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
39. 39.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the cream temperature (b) the same jar (c) time to make butter
40. 40.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the cream temperature is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True

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