Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 385 · 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.⚖️ 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 same jar (c) the cream temperature (d) the amount of cream
2. 2.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a timer (b) fresh cream (c) a mirror (d) cold water to rinse
3. 3.True or false: melting butter is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a mirror (b) yeast (c) fresh cream (d) turmeric powder
5. 5.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) cheese (b) still runny cream (c) ghee (d) butter lumps
6. 6.🧈 Which tool is used in many Indian homes to churn curd into butter? (a) a mathani (churner) (b) a rolling pin (c) a pressure cooker (d) a sieve
7. 7.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) it turns to cheese (b) more butter forms (c) no butter forms (d) it turns blue
8. 8.🧺 Do we need a mirror for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking an egg (b) milk turning to curd (c) rusting iron (d) melting butter
10. 10.🛟 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
11. 11.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) ice (b) clear water (c) powder (d) thick whipped cream
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dissolving salt (b) melting ice (c) milk turning to curd (d) folding paper
13. 13.⚖️ 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
14. 14.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting butter (b) dissolving salt (c) folding paper (d) milk turning to curd
15. 15.⚖️ 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 cream temperature (c) the same jar
16. 16.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the cream temperature”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
17. 17.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) yeast (b) turmeric powder (c) a mirror (d) a timer
18. 18.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting ice? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
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 keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
20. 20.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the cream temperature (b) time to make butter (c) how hard we shake
21. 21.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
22. 22.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) a timer (c) cold water to rinse (d) turmeric powder
23. 23.🧺 Do we need fresh cream for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
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 balloon
25. 25.True or false: a timer is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🧺 Do we need cold water to rinse for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
27. 27.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) freezing water (b) melting ice (c) folding paper (d) rusting iron
28. 28.True or false: a balloon is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🛟 Why is a plastic jar a good choice for shaking? (a) it will not break (b) it is hotter (c) it is magnetic (d) it is heavier
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) baking a cake (b) rusting iron (c) folding paper (d) cooking an egg
31. 31.🧺 Do we need a magnet for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
32. 32.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting butter? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
33. 33.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it is much faster (b) it turns pink (c) it makes salt (d) it takes much longer
34. 34.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting butter (b) baking a cake (c) freezing water (d) melting ice
35. 35.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the same jar is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: baking a cake is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: a battery cell is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.⚖️ 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
39. 39.True or false: a jar with a tight lid is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the same jar”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it

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