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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 375 · 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.🧈 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
  2. 2.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) freezing water (b) milk turning to curd (c) dissolving salt (d) melting ice
  3. 3.🧺 Do we need a mirror for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  4. 4.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) rusting iron (c) freezing water (d) milk turning to curd
  5. 5.True or false: cold water to rinse is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🧺 Do we need a balloon for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  7. 7.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) clear water (b) thick whipped cream (c) ice (d) powder
  8. 8.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the amount of cream is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) butter lumps (b) cheese (c) ghee (d) still runny cream
  10. 10.🛟 Why is a plastic jar a good choice for shaking? (a) it is heavier (b) it will not break (c) it is hotter (d) it is magnetic
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting butter (b) cooking an egg (c) folding paper (d) freezing water
  12. 12.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a timer (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) turmeric powder (d) fresh cream
  13. 13.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a balloon (b) fresh cream (c) cold water to rinse (d) a timer
  14. 14.🧺 Do we need a jar with a tight lid for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  15. 15.True or false: a timer is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cold water to rinse (b) yeast (c) a bowl (d) a timer
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking an egg (b) baking a cake (c) rusting iron (d) freezing water
  18. 18.🧺 Do we need a magnet for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  19. 19.True or false: cooking an egg is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) browning lemon ink (c) dissolving salt (d) cooking an egg
  21. 21.🧺 Do we need a bowl for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  22. 22.🧈 What is the watery liquid left after the butter forms? (a) vinegar (b) oil (c) buttermilk (d) honey
  23. 23.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: time to make butter is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so it turns yellow (b) so air gets out (c) so cream does not spill (d) so it gets hot
  25. 25.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) cold water to rinse (c) a battery cell (d) a timer
  26. 26.⚖️ 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
  27. 27.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting butter (b) browning lemon ink (c) folding paper (d) dissolving salt
  28. 28.True or false: milk turning to curd is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🧺 Do we need yeast for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  30. 30.⚖️ 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
  31. 31.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the amount of cream is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.⚖️ 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
  33. 33.⚖️ 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 measure it (c) we change it
  34. 34.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) cold water to rinse (b) yeast (c) a bowl (d) fresh cream
  35. 35.🔍 What do you see after shaking cream in a jar for a long time? (a) sugar crystals (b) clear water only (c) bubbles of gas (d) lumps of butter
  36. 36.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a bowl (b) a mirror (c) cold water to rinse (d) a jar with a tight lid
  37. 37.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting ice? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  38. 38.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the amount of cream (b) the same jar (c) the cream temperature (d) time to make butter
  39. 39.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the cream temperature (b) the same jar (c) the amount of cream (d) time to make butter
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dissolving salt (b) freezing water (c) baking a cake (d) folding paper

Answer key

  1. a mathani (churner)
  2. milk turning to curd
  3. not needed
  4. freezing water
  5. False
  6. not needed
  7. thick whipped cream
  8. False
  9. still runny cream
  10. it will not break
  11. cooking an egg
  12. turmeric powder
  13. a balloon
  14. needed
  15. True
  16. yeast
  17. freezing water
  18. not needed
  19. False
  20. dissolving salt
  21. needed
  22. buttermilk
  23. False
  24. so cream does not spill
  25. a battery cell
  26. True
  27. browning lemon ink
  28. False
  29. not needed
  30. True
  31. False
  32. True
  33. we measure it
  34. yeast
  35. lumps of butter
  36. a mirror
  37. can be undone
  38. time to make butter
  39. the cream temperature
  40. baking a cake

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