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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

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

Answer key

  1. buttermilk
  2. True
  3. melting butter
  4. dissolving salt
  5. a magnet
  6. we keep it the same
  7. turmeric powder
  8. False
  9. a mirror
  10. the cream temperature
  11. True
  12. True
  13. False
  14. True
  15. still runny cream
  16. so cream does not spill
  17. cannot be undone
  18. a mirror
  19. a mathani (churner)
  20. melting ice
  21. yeast
  22. not needed
  23. rusting iron
  24. time to make butter
  25. freezing water
  26. melting butter
  27. False
  28. no butter forms
  29. baking a cake
  30. needed
  31. a bowl
  32. False
  33. True
  34. False
  35. needed
  36. turmeric powder
  37. browning lemon ink
  38. baking a cake
  39. False
  40. dissolving salt

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