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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 498 · 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.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) fresh cream (b) yeast (c) a magnet (d) turmeric powder
  2. 2.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) turmeric powder (b) a battery cell (c) a bowl (d) a magnet
  3. 3.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) browning lemon ink (c) cooking an egg (d) melting ice
  4. 4.⚖️ 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
  5. 5.⚖️ 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
  6. 6.⚖️ 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) False (b) True
  7. 7.🧈 Which tool is used in many Indian homes to churn curd into butter? (a) a rolling pin (b) a pressure cooker (c) a mathani (churner) (d) a sieve
  8. 8.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the same jar (b) the cream temperature (c) time to make butter (d) the amount of cream
  9. 9.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a balloon (b) a battery cell (c) a timer (d) a magnet
  10. 10.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) folding paper (b) rusting iron (c) milk turning to curd (d) baking a cake
  11. 11.⚖️ 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
  12. 12.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) it turns blue (b) it turns to cheese (c) more butter forms (d) no butter forms
  13. 13.🧈 What is the watery liquid left after the butter forms? (a) oil (b) vinegar (c) buttermilk (d) honey
  14. 14.🛟 Why is a plastic jar a good choice for shaking? (a) it is hotter (b) it is heavier (c) it will not break (d) it is magnetic
  15. 15.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) a bowl (c) yeast (d) cold water to rinse
  16. 16.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the same jar (b) the cream temperature (c) how hard we shake (d) time to make butter
  17. 17.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) a mirror (c) a bowl (d) fresh cream
  18. 18.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so it turns yellow (b) so cream does not spill (c) so it gets hot (d) so air gets out
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking an egg (b) freezing water (c) folding paper (d) melting butter
  20. 20.True or false: dissolving salt is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the amount of cream is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔍 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
  23. 23.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) milk turning to curd (b) freezing water (c) baking a cake (d) cooking an egg
  24. 24.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it is much faster (b) it makes salt (c) it takes much longer (d) it turns pink
  25. 25.⚖️ 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
  26. 26.⚖️ 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) the amount of cream
  27. 27.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a battery cell (b) fresh cream (c) a timer (d) a jar with a tight lid
  28. 28.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a bowl (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) yeast (d) a timer
  29. 29.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) ice (b) clear water (c) thick whipped cream (d) powder
  30. 30.True or false: melting ice is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🧈 Can this change be undone: baking a cake? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  32. 32.⚖️ 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) True (b) False
  33. 33.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “time to make butter”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
  34. 34.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) a mirror (c) fresh cream (d) cold water to rinse
  35. 35.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the amount of cream”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
  36. 36.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) ghee (b) cheese (c) butter lumps (d) still runny cream
  37. 37.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting butter? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) folding paper (b) freezing water (c) dissolving salt (d) browning lemon ink
  39. 39.True or false: folding paper is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🧺 Do we need a mirror for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed

Answer key

  1. fresh cream
  2. a bowl
  3. melting ice
  4. True
  5. False
  6. True
  7. a mathani (churner)
  8. the cream temperature
  9. a timer
  10. folding paper
  11. False
  12. no butter forms
  13. buttermilk
  14. it will not break
  15. yeast
  16. time to make butter
  17. a mirror
  18. so cream does not spill
  19. cooking an egg
  20. False
  21. False
  22. lumps of butter
  23. freezing water
  24. it takes much longer
  25. False
  26. the amount of cream
  27. a battery cell
  28. yeast
  29. thick whipped cream
  30. False
  31. cannot be undone
  32. False
  33. we measure it
  34. a mirror
  35. we keep it the same
  36. still runny cream
  37. can be undone
  38. browning lemon ink
  39. False
  40. not needed

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