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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 553 · 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 fresh cream for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  2. 2.🔍 What do you see after shaking cream in a jar for a long time? (a) bubbles of gas (b) clear water only (c) lumps of butter (d) sugar crystals
  3. 3.True or false: a magnet is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: dissolving salt is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.⚖️ 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
  6. 6.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a magnet (b) fresh cream (c) a battery cell (d) turmeric powder
  7. 7.True or false: a battery cell is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🧈 Can this change be undone: milk turning to curd? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  9. 9.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the amount of cream”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
  10. 10.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a timer (c) yeast (d) fresh cream
  11. 11.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a timer (b) fresh cream (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) a battery cell
  12. 12.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “how hard we shake”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
  13. 13.⚖️ 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) how hard we shake
  14. 14.🧺 Do we need a mirror for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  15. 15.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) cooking an egg (b) baking a cake (c) melting ice (d) rusting iron
  16. 16.🛟 Why is a plastic jar a good choice for shaking? (a) it is hotter (b) it will not break (c) it is heavier (d) it is magnetic
  17. 17.🧈 What is the watery liquid left after the butter forms? (a) vinegar (b) honey (c) oil (d) buttermilk
  18. 18.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) milk turning to curd (b) folding paper (c) rusting iron (d) cooking an egg
  19. 19.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) fresh cream (d) a balloon
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) milk turning to curd (b) rusting iron (c) baking a cake (d) melting ice
  21. 21.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) it turns to cheese (b) it turns blue (c) more butter forms (d) no butter forms
  22. 22.🧺 Do we need a jar with a tight lid for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  23. 23.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) rusting iron (b) freezing water (c) melting ice (d) folding paper
  24. 24.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it turns pink (b) it makes salt (c) it takes much longer (d) it is much faster
  25. 25.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a timer (b) fresh cream (c) turmeric powder (d) cold water to rinse
  26. 26.⚖️ 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
  27. 27.🧈 Which tool is used in many Indian homes to churn curd into butter? (a) a mathani (churner) (b) a sieve (c) a rolling pin (d) a pressure cooker
  28. 28.🧈 Can this change be undone: browning lemon ink? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  29. 29.True or false: a timer is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) a battery cell (d) fresh cream
  31. 31.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting butter (b) dissolving salt (c) baking a cake (d) melting ice
  32. 32.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the amount of cream (b) the same jar (c) how hard we shake (d) the cream temperature
  33. 33.True or false: freezing water is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: milk turning to curd is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: fresh cream is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting ice? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  37. 37.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) cheese (b) still runny cream (c) ghee (d) butter lumps
  38. 38.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the cream temperature”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
  39. 39.True or false: cooking an egg is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) baking a cake (b) browning lemon ink (c) cooking an egg (d) melting butter

Answer key

  1. needed
  2. lumps of butter
  3. True
  4. False
  5. we keep it the same
  6. fresh cream
  7. False
  8. cannot be undone
  9. we keep it the same
  10. yeast
  11. a battery cell
  12. we keep it the same
  13. how hard we shake
  14. not needed
  15. melting ice
  16. it will not break
  17. buttermilk
  18. folding paper
  19. a balloon
  20. melting ice
  21. no butter forms
  22. needed
  23. rusting iron
  24. it takes much longer
  25. turmeric powder
  26. False
  27. a mathani (churner)
  28. cannot be undone
  29. False
  30. a battery cell
  31. baking a cake
  32. the cream temperature
  33. True
  34. False
  35. False
  36. can be undone
  37. still runny cream
  38. we change it
  39. False
  40. melting butter

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