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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 582 · 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) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  2. 2.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) a bowl (d) yeast
  3. 3.🧺 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 balloon (d) a bowl
  4. 4.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) yeast (c) a battery cell (d) a magnet
  5. 5.🔍 What do you see after shaking cream in a jar for a long time? (a) lumps of butter (b) bubbles of gas (c) clear water only (d) sugar crystals
  6. 6.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) cheese (b) butter lumps (c) ghee (d) still runny cream
  7. 7.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a magnet (b) fresh cream (c) a balloon (d) turmeric powder
  8. 8.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) yeast (b) a balloon (c) a bowl (d) a magnet
  9. 9.⚖️ 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
  10. 10.⚖️ 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
  11. 11.🧺 Do we need a bowl for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  12. 12.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the same jar is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a battery cell (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) cold water to rinse (d) a timer
  14. 14.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it is much faster (b) it turns pink (c) it makes salt (d) it takes much longer
  15. 15.🛟 Why is a plastic jar a good choice for shaking? (a) it is magnetic (b) it is hotter (c) it will not break (d) it is heavier
  16. 16.True or false: a jar with a tight lid is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) browning lemon ink (b) baking a cake (c) dissolving salt (d) rusting iron
  18. 18.True or false: a jar with a tight lid is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) yeast (b) turmeric powder (c) a timer (d) a battery cell
  20. 20.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a timer (b) cold water to rinse (c) a magnet (d) a bowl
  21. 21.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the cream temperature (b) time to make butter (c) how hard we shake (d) the same jar
  22. 22.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a timer (b) a bowl (c) a battery cell (d) cold water to rinse
  23. 23.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so cream does not spill (b) so it turns yellow (c) so it gets hot (d) so air gets out
  24. 24.True or false: a bowl is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: a balloon is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.⚖️ 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
  27. 27.⚖️ 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) how hard we shake (c) the amount of cream (d) the cream temperature
  28. 28.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a bowl (b) cold water to rinse (c) a mirror (d) fresh cream
  29. 29.🧈 Which tool is used in many Indian homes to churn curd into butter? (a) a mathani (churner) (b) a pressure cooker (c) a rolling pin (d) a sieve
  30. 30.True or false: a mirror is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) powder (b) thick whipped cream (c) ice (d) clear water
  32. 32.🧺 Do we need a mirror for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  33. 33.⚖️ 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
  34. 34.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) it turns blue (b) it turns to cheese (c) no butter forms (d) more butter forms
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rusting iron (b) baking a cake (c) cooking an egg (d) folding paper
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rusting iron (b) cooking an egg (c) browning lemon ink (d) melting ice
  37. 37.True or false: dissolving salt is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: milk turning to curd is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: a mirror is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the cream temperature (b) the same jar (c) time to make butter

Answer key

  1. cannot be undone
  2. yeast
  3. a balloon
  4. a jar with a tight lid
  5. lumps of butter
  6. still runny cream
  7. fresh cream
  8. a bowl
  9. we measure it
  10. we keep it the same
  11. needed
  12. False
  13. a battery cell
  14. it takes much longer
  15. it will not break
  16. False
  17. dissolving salt
  18. True
  19. a timer
  20. a magnet
  21. time to make butter
  22. a battery cell
  23. so cream does not spill
  24. True
  25. True
  26. we keep it the same
  27. the cream temperature
  28. a mirror
  29. a mathani (churner)
  30. True
  31. thick whipped cream
  32. not needed
  33. True
  34. no butter forms
  35. folding paper
  36. melting ice
  37. False
  38. True
  39. False
  40. the same jar

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