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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 543 · 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) fresh cream (b) a balloon (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) cold water to rinse
  2. 2.🧈 Can this change be undone: browning lemon ink? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  3. 3.🔮 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
  4. 4.🔮 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
  5. 5.🧈 Can this change be undone: cooking an egg? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  6. 6.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) freezing water (b) dissolving salt (c) baking a cake (d) folding paper
  7. 7.⚖️ 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
  8. 8.🧈 Can this change be undone: freezing water? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  9. 9.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the amount of cream is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🛟 Why is a plastic jar a good choice for shaking? (a) it is magnetic (b) it will not break (c) it is heavier (d) it is hotter
  11. 11.🧈 Can this change be undone: dissolving salt? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  12. 12.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) how hard we shake (b) the cream temperature (c) time to make butter (d) the amount of cream
  13. 13.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so it gets hot (b) so cream does not spill (c) so air gets out (d) so it turns yellow
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) baking a cake (b) browning lemon ink (c) milk turning to curd (d) folding paper
  15. 15.🧈 Which tool is used in many Indian homes to churn curd into butter? (a) a mathani (churner) (b) a sieve (c) a pressure cooker (d) a rolling pin
  16. 16.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: how hard we shake is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🧺 Do we need a magnet for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  18. 18.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the cream temperature”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
  19. 19.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) rusting iron (c) dissolving salt (d) milk turning to curd
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rusting iron (b) milk turning to curd (c) melting ice (d) cooking an egg
  21. 21.🧺 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
  22. 22.True or false: melting butter is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting butter? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  24. 24.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a mirror (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) fresh cream
  25. 25.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) ghee (b) cheese (c) still runny cream (d) butter lumps
  26. 26.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) freezing water (b) melting butter (c) milk turning to curd (d) melting ice
  27. 27.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) thick whipped cream (b) powder (c) ice (d) clear water
  28. 28.🧈 Can this change be undone: folding paper? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  29. 29.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a battery cell (b) a mirror (c) turmeric powder (d) fresh cream
  30. 30.🧺 Do we need fresh cream for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  31. 31.⚖️ 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 amount of cream (c) the cream temperature (d) time to make butter
  32. 32.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a magnet (b) fresh cream (c) a timer (d) a bowl
  33. 33.True or false: a magnet is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: a jar with a tight lid is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) freezing water (b) milk turning to curd (c) rusting iron (d) baking a cake
  36. 36.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting ice? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rusting iron (b) melting ice (c) melting butter (d) dissolving salt
  38. 38.🧺 Do we need cold water to rinse for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  39. 39.True or false: a battery cell is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧈 What is the watery liquid left after the butter forms? (a) buttermilk (b) vinegar (c) oil (d) honey

Answer key

  1. a balloon
  2. cannot be undone
  3. it takes much longer
  4. no butter forms
  5. cannot be undone
  6. baking a cake
  7. we measure it
  8. can be undone
  9. True
  10. it will not break
  11. can be undone
  12. the cream temperature
  13. so cream does not spill
  14. folding paper
  15. a mathani (churner)
  16. True
  17. not needed
  18. we change it
  19. dissolving salt
  20. melting ice
  21. a mirror
  22. True
  23. can be undone
  24. a mirror
  25. still runny cream
  26. milk turning to curd
  27. thick whipped cream
  28. can be undone
  29. fresh cream
  30. needed
  31. time to make butter
  32. a magnet
  33. True
  34. False
  35. freezing water
  36. can be undone
  37. rusting iron
  38. needed
  39. False
  40. buttermilk

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