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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 520 · 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.True or false: a jar with a tight lid is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🧈 Can this change be undone: freezing water? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  3. 3.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) yeast (c) fresh cream (d) a timer
  4. 4.True or false: cooking an egg is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) ghee (b) still runny cream (c) cheese (d) butter lumps
  6. 6.🛟 Why is a plastic jar a good choice for shaking? (a) it will not break (b) it is heavier (c) it is magnetic (d) it is hotter
  7. 7.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the cream temperature (b) the amount of cream (c) the same jar (d) time to make butter
  8. 8.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a balloon (c) fresh cream (d) a timer
  9. 9.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a timer (b) fresh cream (c) cold water to rinse (d) a battery cell
  10. 10.🧈 Can this change be undone: milk turning to curd? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) milk turning to curd (b) melting ice (c) browning lemon ink (d) baking a cake
  12. 12.🔍 What do you see after shaking cream in a jar for a long time? (a) sugar crystals (b) clear water only (c) lumps of butter (d) bubbles of gas
  13. 13.True or false: a magnet is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a mirror (c) turmeric powder (d) a balloon
  15. 15.🧺 Do we need yeast for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  16. 16.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting ice? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  17. 17.⚖️ 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
  18. 18.🧈 Why does shaking cream make butter? (a) shaking adds salt (b) the lid is warm (c) fat bits stick together (d) the jar adds butter
  19. 19.True or false: baking a cake is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🧈 Which tool is used in many Indian homes to churn curd into butter? (a) a pressure cooker (b) a rolling pin (c) a sieve (d) a mathani (churner)
  21. 21.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the same jar”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
  22. 22.🧺 Do we need a timer for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  23. 23.⚖️ 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
  24. 24.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “how hard we shake”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dissolving salt (b) cooking an egg (c) melting butter (d) melting ice
  26. 26.🧺 Do we need a jar with a tight lid for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  27. 27.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) yeast (b) fresh cream (c) a magnet (d) turmeric powder
  28. 28.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) rusting iron (b) browning lemon ink (c) milk turning to curd (d) melting butter
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting butter (b) dissolving salt (c) rusting iron (d) freezing water
  30. 30.True or false: melting ice is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: a mirror is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dissolving salt (b) melting ice (c) milk turning to curd (d) melting butter
  33. 33.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) melting ice (c) melting butter (d) freezing water
  34. 34.⚖️ 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
  35. 35.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the cream temperature (b) the amount of cream (c) time to make butter
  36. 36.🧈 What is the watery liquid left after the butter forms? (a) oil (b) honey (c) vinegar (d) buttermilk
  37. 37.True or false: melting ice is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: rusting iron is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: a timer is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) clear water (b) ice (c) thick whipped cream (d) powder

Answer key

  1. True
  2. can be undone
  3. yeast
  4. True
  5. still runny cream
  6. it will not break
  7. time to make butter
  8. a balloon
  9. a battery cell
  10. cannot be undone
  11. melting ice
  12. lumps of butter
  13. False
  14. cold water to rinse
  15. not needed
  16. can be undone
  17. True
  18. fat bits stick together
  19. False
  20. a mathani (churner)
  21. we keep it the same
  22. needed
  23. False
  24. we keep it the same
  25. cooking an egg
  26. needed
  27. fresh cream
  28. melting butter
  29. rusting iron
  30. False
  31. False
  32. milk turning to curd
  33. baking a cake
  34. we keep it the same
  35. the amount of cream
  36. buttermilk
  37. True
  38. False
  39. False
  40. thick whipped cream

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