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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 558 · 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.🧈 Can this change be undone: baking a cake? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  2. 2.🧈 Which tool is used in many Indian homes to churn curd into butter? (a) a sieve (b) a pressure cooker (c) a mathani (churner) (d) a rolling pin
  3. 3.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cold water to rinse (b) fresh cream (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) a balloon
  4. 4.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: time to make butter is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the amount of cream is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “time to make butter”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
  7. 7.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a magnet (b) cold water to rinse (c) a bowl (d) a timer
  8. 8.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) still runny cream (b) cheese (c) butter lumps (d) ghee
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting ice (b) milk turning to curd (c) dissolving salt (d) freezing water
  10. 10.True or false: fresh cream is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the cream temperature”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
  12. 12.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) time to make butter (b) the cream temperature (c) the amount of cream (d) how hard we shake
  13. 13.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we measure it
  14. 14.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) rusting iron (c) melting ice (d) cooking an egg
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) browning lemon ink (b) dissolving salt (c) freezing water (d) melting ice
  16. 16.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a mirror (b) cold water to rinse (c) a battery cell (d) turmeric powder
  17. 17.🧺 Do we need a jar with a tight lid for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  18. 18.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  19. 19.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) a bowl (c) cold water to rinse (d) a balloon
  20. 20.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) thick whipped cream (b) clear water (c) powder (d) ice
  21. 21.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it takes much longer (b) it turns pink (c) it makes salt (d) it is much faster
  22. 22.True or false: browning lemon ink is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.⚖️ 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
  24. 24.🧺 Do we need a balloon for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  25. 25.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a bowl (b) fresh cream (c) a mirror (d) a timer
  26. 26.🛟 Why is a plastic jar a good choice for shaking? (a) it is magnetic (b) it is hotter (c) it is heavier (d) it will not break
  27. 27.True or false: folding paper is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) yeast (c) cold water to rinse (d) a bowl
  29. 29.⚖️ 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
  30. 30.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is what we measure? (a) how hard we shake (b) time to make butter (c) the same jar (d) the cream temperature
  31. 31.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so it turns yellow (b) so cream does not spill (c) so air gets out (d) so it gets hot
  32. 32.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is kept the same? (a) time to make butter (b) the amount of cream (c) the cream temperature
  33. 33.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) no butter forms (b) it turns to cheese (c) it turns blue (d) more butter forms
  34. 34.True or false: milk turning to curd is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.⚖️ 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
  36. 36.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) freezing water (b) folding paper (c) milk turning to curd (d) melting ice
  37. 37.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting ice (b) freezing water (c) dissolving salt (d) browning lemon ink
  38. 38.True or false: a jar with a tight lid is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a balloon (b) yeast (c) a timer (d) a magnet
  40. 40.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a battery cell (b) a magnet (c) yeast (d) fresh cream

Answer key

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

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