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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 489 · 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.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  2. 2.True or false: a timer is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the cream temperature is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🧺 Do we need a jar with a tight lid for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  5. 5.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it takes much longer (b) it is much faster (c) it turns pink (d) it makes salt
  6. 6.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: time to make butter is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: a battery cell is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) freezing water (b) rusting iron (c) melting ice (d) dissolving salt
  9. 9.True or false: yeast is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔍 What do you see after shaking cream in a jar for a long time? (a) bubbles of gas (b) lumps of butter (c) clear water only (d) sugar crystals
  11. 11.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) more butter forms (b) no butter forms (c) it turns blue (d) it turns to cheese
  12. 12.True or false: freezing water is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🧈 Which tool is used in many Indian homes to churn curd into butter? (a) a sieve (b) a rolling pin (c) a mathani (churner) (d) a pressure cooker
  14. 14.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a timer (b) a mirror (c) cold water to rinse (d) fresh cream
  15. 15.🧺 Do we need a balloon for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  16. 16.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) thick whipped cream (b) clear water (c) ice (d) powder
  17. 17.⚖️ 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 amount of cream
  18. 18.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) dissolving salt (b) freezing water (c) rusting iron (d) melting butter
  19. 19.🧺 Do we need a timer for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  20. 20.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we change it
  21. 21.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “time to make butter”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
  22. 22.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting butter? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  23. 23.True or false: a timer is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: melting ice is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: how hard we shake is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.⚖️ 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
  27. 27.🧺 Do we need a mirror for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  28. 28.🧺 Do we need a bowl for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  29. 29.🛟 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
  30. 30.True or false: dissolving salt is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a mirror (b) a bowl (c) cold water to rinse (d) a jar with a tight lid
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rusting iron (b) cooking an egg (c) baking a cake (d) melting butter
  33. 33.True or false: milk turning to curd is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🧈 Can this change be undone: freezing water? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  35. 35.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) fresh cream (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) a bowl (d) a battery cell
  36. 36.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the cream temperature (b) time to make butter (c) how hard we shake (d) the amount of cream
  37. 37.🧈 What is the watery liquid left after the butter forms? (a) oil (b) buttermilk (c) honey (d) vinegar
  38. 38.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a magnet (b) a balloon (c) a timer (d) a battery cell
  39. 39.True or false: freezing water is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the amount of cream is what we measure. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. not needed
  2. True
  3. False
  4. needed
  5. it takes much longer
  6. False
  7. False
  8. rusting iron
  9. True
  10. lumps of butter
  11. no butter forms
  12. True
  13. a mathani (churner)
  14. a mirror
  15. not needed
  16. thick whipped cream
  17. the amount of cream
  18. rusting iron
  19. needed
  20. we keep it the same
  21. we measure it
  22. can be undone
  23. False
  24. False
  25. False
  26. how hard we shake
  27. not needed
  28. needed
  29. so cream does not spill
  30. False
  31. a mirror
  32. melting butter
  33. True
  34. can be undone
  35. a battery cell
  36. time to make butter
  37. buttermilk
  38. a timer
  39. False
  40. False

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