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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 481 · 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.⚖️ 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 measure it (c) we change it
  2. 2.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a mirror (b) fresh cream (c) a bowl (d) a jar with a tight lid
  3. 3.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting ice (b) folding paper (c) baking a cake (d) dissolving salt
  4. 4.⚖️ 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) how hard we shake (c) the cream temperature
  5. 5.⚖️ 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) False (b) True
  6. 6.🧈 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
  7. 7.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) ghee (b) butter lumps (c) cheese (d) still runny cream
  8. 8.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a timer (b) cold water to rinse (c) fresh cream (d) a battery cell
  9. 9.True or false: cold water to rinse is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🧺 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 magnet
  11. 11.🧈 Can this change be undone: rusting iron? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting ice (b) melting butter (c) rusting iron (d) freezing water
  13. 13.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a timer (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) a bowl (d) a magnet
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) folding paper (b) freezing water (c) browning lemon ink (d) melting ice
  15. 15.True or false: yeast is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) fresh cream (b) a battery cell (c) a magnet (d) a mirror
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking an egg (b) melting ice (c) browning lemon ink (d) baking a cake
  18. 18.True or false: a bowl is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🧺 Do we need fresh cream for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  20. 20.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) freezing water (b) rusting iron (c) melting ice (d) melting butter
  21. 21.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) freezing water (b) folding paper (c) cooking an egg (d) dissolving salt
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking an egg (b) browning lemon ink (c) freezing water (d) rusting iron
  23. 23.🧈 Can this change be undone: freezing water? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  24. 24.🧈 Why does shaking cream make butter? (a) the lid is warm (b) the jar adds butter (c) shaking adds salt (d) fat bits stick together
  25. 25.⚖️ 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) time to make butter (c) how hard we shake (d) the amount of cream
  26. 26.🔍 What do you see after shaking cream in a jar for a long time? (a) clear water only (b) sugar crystals (c) lumps of butter (d) bubbles of gas
  27. 27.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) powder (b) ice (c) clear water (d) thick whipped cream
  28. 28.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting butter? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  29. 29.⚖️ 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
  30. 30.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  31. 31.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a bowl (b) yeast (c) a timer (d) fresh cream
  32. 32.🧈 What is the watery liquid left after the butter forms? (a) oil (b) honey (c) vinegar (d) buttermilk
  33. 33.True or false: melting ice is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🛟 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
  35. 35.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) cooking an egg (b) freezing water (c) milk turning to curd (d) browning lemon ink
  36. 36.True or false: freezing water is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: milk turning to curd is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting ice? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  39. 39.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it turns pink (b) it makes salt (c) it is much faster (d) it takes much longer
  40. 40.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a bowl (b) turmeric powder (c) cold water to rinse (d) fresh cream

Answer key

  1. we keep it the same
  2. a mirror
  3. baking a cake
  4. how hard we shake
  5. False
  6. a mathani (churner)
  7. still runny cream
  8. a battery cell
  9. True
  10. a magnet
  11. cannot be undone
  12. rusting iron
  13. a magnet
  14. browning lemon ink
  15. False
  16. fresh cream
  17. melting ice
  18. True
  19. needed
  20. rusting iron
  21. cooking an egg
  22. freezing water
  23. can be undone
  24. fat bits stick together
  25. the cream temperature
  26. lumps of butter
  27. thick whipped cream
  28. can be undone
  29. we keep it the same
  30. not needed
  31. yeast
  32. buttermilk
  33. False
  34. so cream does not spill
  35. freezing water
  36. True
  37. True
  38. can be undone
  39. it takes much longer
  40. turmeric powder

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