Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 651 · 40 questions

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.

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

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