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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 574 · 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.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the same jar (b) the cream temperature (c) how hard we shake (d) the amount of cream
  2. 2.True or false: a timer is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) fresh cream (b) turmeric powder (c) cold water to rinse (d) a timer
  4. 4.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so it gets hot (b) so it turns yellow (c) so cream does not spill (d) so air gets out
  5. 5.🧺 Do we need a timer for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  6. 6.True or false: fresh cream is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🧈 Can this change be undone: rusting iron? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking an egg (b) folding paper (c) freezing water (d) dissolving salt
  9. 9.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a mirror (b) a timer (c) a bowl (d) cold water to rinse
  10. 10.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) no butter forms (b) it turns blue (c) more butter forms (d) it turns to cheese
  11. 11.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) milk turning to curd (b) browning lemon ink (c) cooking an egg (d) folding paper
  12. 12.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) fresh cream (c) a bowl (d) yeast
  13. 13.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) melting ice (b) browning lemon ink (c) cooking an egg (d) rusting iron
  14. 14.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a bowl (b) cold water to rinse (c) a balloon (d) fresh cream
  15. 15.True or false: a magnet is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a timer (b) a magnet (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) a bowl
  17. 17.⚖️ 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
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) milk turning to curd (b) cooking an egg (c) rusting iron (d) melting ice
  19. 19.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cold water to rinse (b) fresh cream (c) a battery cell (d) a timer
  20. 20.True or false: a balloon is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) thick whipped cream (b) ice (c) powder (d) clear water
  22. 22.True or false: fresh cream is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting ice (b) cooking an egg (c) melting butter (d) freezing water
  24. 24.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) ghee (b) cheese (c) still runny cream (d) butter lumps
  25. 25.⚖️ 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
  26. 26.🧈 Can this change be undone: milk turning to curd? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  27. 27.🔍 What do you see after shaking cream in a jar for a long time? (a) sugar crystals (b) lumps of butter (c) clear water only (d) bubbles of gas
  28. 28.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) dissolving salt (c) rusting iron (d) browning lemon ink
  29. 29.🧈 Which tool is used in many Indian homes to churn curd into butter? (a) a pressure cooker (b) a mathani (churner) (c) a sieve (d) a rolling pin
  30. 30.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) melting butter (b) rusting iron (c) milk turning to curd (d) baking a cake
  31. 31.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  32. 32.True or false: a bowl is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: rusting iron is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🧺 Do we need cold water to rinse for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  35. 35.🧺 Do we need a magnet for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  36. 36.🧈 What is the watery liquid left after the butter forms? (a) buttermilk (b) oil (c) honey (d) vinegar
  37. 37.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) cold water to rinse (c) a bowl (d) a balloon
  38. 38.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) milk turning to curd (b) melting ice (c) freezing water (d) dissolving salt
  39. 39.True or false: folding paper is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: milk turning to curd is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. the cream temperature
  2. False
  3. turmeric powder
  4. so cream does not spill
  5. needed
  6. True
  7. cannot be undone
  8. cooking an egg
  9. a mirror
  10. no butter forms
  11. folding paper
  12. yeast
  13. melting ice
  14. a balloon
  15. False
  16. a magnet
  17. how hard we shake
  18. melting ice
  19. a battery cell
  20. True
  21. thick whipped cream
  22. False
  23. cooking an egg
  24. still runny cream
  25. we keep it the same
  26. cannot be undone
  27. lumps of butter
  28. dissolving salt
  29. a mathani (churner)
  30. melting butter
  31. not needed
  32. False
  33. True
  34. needed
  35. not needed
  36. buttermilk
  37. a balloon
  38. milk turning to curd
  39. False
  40. True

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