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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 472 · 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.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) fresh cream (b) yeast (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) a timer
  2. 2.🧈 Can this change be undone: browning lemon ink? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  3. 3.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) ice (b) powder (c) thick whipped cream (d) clear water
  4. 4.🧺 Do we need fresh cream for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  5. 5.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) cheese (b) still runny cream (c) butter lumps (d) ghee
  6. 6.True or false: turmeric powder is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the cream temperature is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the same jar (b) time to make butter (c) the cream temperature
  9. 9.True or false: a battery cell is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  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 cream temperature (b) how hard we shake (c) the same jar (d) time to make butter
  11. 11.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) no butter forms (b) it turns to cheese (c) more butter forms (d) it turns blue
  12. 12.🧈 Which tool is used in many Indian homes to churn curd into butter? (a) a sieve (b) a pressure cooker (c) a rolling pin (d) a mathani (churner)
  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.True or false: dissolving salt is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🧺 Do we need a bowl for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) baking a cake (b) cooking an egg (c) rusting iron (d) melting ice
  17. 17.True or false: cooking an egg is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.⚖️ 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) the cream temperature
  19. 19.True or false: a jar with a tight lid is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) browning lemon ink (b) dissolving salt (c) baking a cake (d) milk turning to curd
  21. 21.True or false: yeast is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting butter (b) milk turning to curd (c) dissolving salt (d) folding paper
  23. 23.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a timer (b) cold water to rinse (c) fresh cream (d) a mirror
  24. 24.⚖️ 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
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking an egg (b) folding paper (c) baking a cake (d) rusting iron
  26. 26.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) fresh cream (b) a bowl (c) a magnet (d) a timer
  27. 27.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) melting ice (c) dissolving salt (d) freezing water
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) folding paper (b) melting butter (c) freezing water (d) cooking an egg
  29. 29.True or false: a timer is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so it gets hot (b) so air gets out (c) so it turns yellow (d) so cream does not spill
  31. 31.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) freezing water (b) baking a cake (c) cooking an egg (d) browning lemon ink
  32. 32.🔍 What do you see after shaking cream in a jar for a long time? (a) sugar crystals (b) bubbles of gas (c) lumps of butter (d) clear water only
  33. 33.True or false: milk turning to curd is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🧈 Why does shaking cream make butter? (a) the jar adds butter (b) the lid is warm (c) fat bits stick together (d) shaking adds salt
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rusting iron (b) dissolving salt (c) freezing water (d) melting ice
  36. 36.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the cream temperature”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
  37. 37.True or false: a bowl is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) cold water to rinse (b) fresh cream (c) a bowl (d) a battery cell
  39. 39.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) yeast (b) a timer (c) cold water to rinse (d) fresh cream
  40. 40.🧺 Do we need a jar with a tight lid for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed

Answer key

  1. yeast
  2. cannot be undone
  3. thick whipped cream
  4. needed
  5. still runny cream
  6. False
  7. False
  8. the same jar
  9. True
  10. the cream temperature
  11. no butter forms
  12. a mathani (churner)
  13. True
  14. False
  15. needed
  16. melting ice
  17. True
  18. time to make butter
  19. False
  20. dissolving salt
  21. False
  22. milk turning to curd
  23. a mirror
  24. False
  25. folding paper
  26. a magnet
  27. baking a cake
  28. cooking an egg
  29. False
  30. so cream does not spill
  31. freezing water
  32. lumps of butter
  33. False
  34. fat bits stick together
  35. rusting iron
  36. we change it
  37. True
  38. a battery cell
  39. yeast
  40. needed

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