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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 523 · 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) a timer (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) a balloon (d) fresh cream
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) browning lemon ink (b) dissolving salt (c) melting ice (d) freezing water
  3. 3.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) still runny cream (b) butter lumps (c) ghee (d) cheese
  4. 4.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) cold water to rinse (c) yeast (d) a bowl
  5. 5.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting butter (b) dissolving salt (c) rusting iron (d) folding paper
  6. 6.🧺 Do we need a jar with a tight lid for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  7. 7.🛟 Why is a plastic jar a good choice for shaking? (a) it is hotter (b) it is magnetic (c) it will not break (d) it is heavier
  8. 8.🧺 Do we need a mirror for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  9. 9.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  10. 10.🧈 Can this change be undone: dissolving salt? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  11. 11.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a timer (b) a bowl (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) a battery cell
  12. 12.True or false: a mirror is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.⚖️ 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) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it turns pink (b) it takes much longer (c) it is much faster (d) it makes salt
  15. 15.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a magnet (b) a timer (c) cold water to rinse (d) a jar with a tight lid
  16. 16.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) a bowl (c) a magnet (d) cold water to rinse
  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.🧈 Which tool is used in many Indian homes to churn curd into butter? (a) a pressure cooker (b) a sieve (c) a mathani (churner) (d) a rolling pin
  19. 19.🧈 Can this change be undone: milk turning to curd? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  20. 20.🧺 Do we need yeast for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  21. 21.⚖️ 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 measure it (c) we keep it the same
  22. 22.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a magnet (c) a balloon (d) turmeric powder
  23. 23.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting ice? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  24. 24.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) a bowl (c) turmeric powder (d) cold water to rinse
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting butter (b) baking a cake (c) rusting iron (d) browning lemon ink
  26. 26.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a battery cell (b) a mirror (c) fresh cream (d) turmeric powder
  27. 27.True or false: cold water to rinse is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: a jar with a tight lid is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) milk turning to curd (b) dissolving salt (c) freezing water (d) melting ice
  30. 30.🔮 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
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) folding paper (b) baking a cake (c) dissolving salt (d) freezing water
  32. 32.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) cooking an egg (c) freezing water (d) browning lemon ink
  33. 33.True or false: melting butter is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 What do you see after shaking cream in a jar for a long time? (a) clear water only (b) lumps of butter (c) bubbles of gas (d) sugar crystals
  35. 35.⚖️ 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) the amount of cream (c) the same jar (d) how hard we shake
  36. 36.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting ice (b) melting butter (c) freezing water (d) milk turning to curd
  37. 37.⚖️ 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
  38. 38.🛟 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
  39. 39.True or false: melting butter 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: time to make butter is what we measure. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. a balloon
  2. browning lemon ink
  3. still runny cream
  4. yeast
  5. rusting iron
  6. needed
  7. it will not break
  8. not needed
  9. not needed
  10. can be undone
  11. a battery cell
  12. True
  13. False
  14. it takes much longer
  15. a magnet
  16. a magnet
  17. True
  18. a mathani (churner)
  19. cannot be undone
  20. not needed
  21. we keep it the same
  22. cold water to rinse
  23. can be undone
  24. turmeric powder
  25. melting butter
  26. fresh cream
  27. True
  28. False
  29. milk turning to curd
  30. no butter forms
  31. baking a cake
  32. freezing water
  33. True
  34. lumps of butter
  35. the cream temperature
  36. milk turning to curd
  37. we measure it
  38. so cream does not spill
  39. False
  40. True

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