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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 376 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) freezing water (b) melting butter (c) melting ice (d) browning lemon ink
  2. 2.🧺 Do we need cold water to rinse for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  3. 3.🧺 Do we need a timer for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  4. 4.True or false: a magnet is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a bowl (b) a timer (c) a magnet (d) cold water to rinse
  6. 6.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) rusting iron (b) folding paper (c) melting ice (d) melting butter
  7. 7.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a mirror (b) a timer (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) a bowl
  8. 8.🔮 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
  9. 9.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting ice (b) browning lemon ink (c) folding paper (d) freezing water
  10. 10.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so air gets out (b) so cream does not spill (c) so it turns yellow (d) so it gets hot
  11. 11.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) rusting iron (b) cooking an egg (c) melting ice (d) milk turning to curd
  12. 12.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) cheese (b) ghee (c) still runny cream (d) butter lumps
  13. 13.True or false: freezing water is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🧈 Can this change be undone: milk turning to curd? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  15. 15.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) powder (b) ice (c) clear water (d) thick whipped cream
  16. 16.🛟 Why is a plastic jar a good choice for shaking? (a) it is hotter (b) it is heavier (c) it will not break (d) it is magnetic
  17. 17.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) yeast (b) a magnet (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) a balloon
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) baking a cake (b) folding paper (c) browning lemon ink (d) cooking an egg
  19. 19.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is what we measure? (a) how hard we shake (b) time to make butter (c) the same jar (d) the cream temperature
  20. 20.🧈 Which tool is used in many Indian homes to churn curd into butter? (a) a rolling pin (b) a pressure cooker (c) a mathani (churner) (d) a sieve
  21. 21.🔍 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
  22. 22.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the amount of cream”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
  23. 23.True or false: a bowl is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.⚖️ 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
  25. 25.True or false: turmeric powder is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.⚖️ 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
  27. 27.🧈 Can this change be undone: dissolving salt? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  28. 28.🧺 Do we need a balloon for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  29. 29.⚖️ 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
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rusting iron (b) milk turning to curd (c) cooking an egg (d) dissolving salt
  31. 31.🧺 Do we need a jar with a tight lid for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  32. 32.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cold water to rinse (b) fresh cream (c) yeast (d) a bowl
  33. 33.True or false: folding paper is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a bowl (b) fresh cream (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) a battery cell
  35. 35.True or false: a balloon is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a bowl (c) a mirror (d) fresh cream
  37. 37.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the amount of cream (b) the cream temperature (c) time to make butter (d) the same jar
  38. 38.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it turns pink (b) it takes much longer (c) it makes salt (d) it is much faster
  39. 39.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a timer (c) a bowl (d) a magnet
  40. 40.True or false: cooking an egg is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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