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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 654 · 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.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) a timer (c) fresh cream (d) a mirror
  2. 2.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so it gets hot (b) so it turns yellow (c) so air gets out (d) so cream does not spill
  3. 3.True or false: dissolving salt is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: a battery cell is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🧈 Can this change be undone: browning lemon ink? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  6. 6.True or false: a jar with a tight lid is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting ice (b) rusting iron (c) milk turning to curd (d) baking a cake
  8. 8.🧈 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
  9. 9.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) rusting iron (b) cooking an egg (c) melting ice (d) browning lemon ink
  10. 10.True or false: fresh cream is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔮 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
  12. 12.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a timer (b) fresh cream (c) a magnet (d) a bowl
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking an egg (b) melting butter (c) melting ice (d) folding paper
  14. 14.🧺 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 balloon (d) a bowl
  15. 15.⚖️ 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 cream temperature (c) the same jar (d) time to make butter
  16. 16.🧺 Do we need cold water to rinse for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  17. 17.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the amount of cream”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
  18. 18.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) fresh cream (c) a balloon (d) cold water to rinse
  19. 19.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the cream temperature is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the cream temperature (b) time to make butter (c) the same jar (d) how hard we shake
  21. 21.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) cheese (b) butter lumps (c) still runny cream (d) ghee
  22. 22.True or false: fresh cream is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting ice? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) browning lemon ink (b) folding paper (c) rusting iron (d) milk turning to curd
  25. 25.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) folding paper (b) freezing water (c) dissolving salt (d) milk turning to curd
  26. 26.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting ice (b) cooking an egg (c) freezing water (d) melting butter
  27. 27.True or false: baking a cake is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the amount of cream is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: folding paper is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: time to make butter is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) rusting iron (c) melting butter (d) milk turning to curd
  32. 32.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) dissolving salt (c) rusting iron (d) milk turning to curd
  33. 33.🧺 Do we need yeast for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  34. 34.True or false: a timer is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: browning lemon ink is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: how hard we shake is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting butter (b) freezing water (c) dissolving salt (d) browning lemon ink
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) browning lemon ink (b) freezing water (c) dissolving salt (d) melting ice
  39. 39.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) it turns to cheese (b) more butter forms (c) no butter forms (d) it turns blue
  40. 40.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a battery cell (b) cold water to rinse (c) a timer (d) a bowl

Answer key

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

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