Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 666 · 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.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) it turns to cheese (b) it turns blue (c) no butter forms (d) more butter forms
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting ice (b) folding paper (c) melting butter (d) rusting iron
3. 3.🛟 Why is a plastic jar a good choice for shaking? (a) it will not break (b) it is hotter (c) it is magnetic (d) it is heavier
4. 4.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) yeast (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) a magnet (d) turmeric powder
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) freezing water (b) folding paper (c) dissolving salt (d) milk turning to curd
6. 6.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) ghee (b) still runny cream (c) butter lumps (d) cheese
7. 7.🧈 Can this change be undone: dissolving salt? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
8. 8.True or false: a balloon is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the cream temperature”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking an egg (b) milk turning to curd (c) dissolving salt (d) baking a cake
11. 11.🧈 Which tool is used in many Indian homes to churn curd into butter? (a) a sieve (b) a mathani (churner) (c) a rolling pin (d) a pressure cooker
12. 12.True or false: a jar with a tight lid is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a mirror (b) fresh cream (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) cold water to rinse
14. 14.True or false: baking a cake is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.⚖️ 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 cream temperature (d) the amount of cream
16. 16.True or false: a bowl is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a timer (b) fresh cream (c) cold water to rinse (d) yeast
18. 18.🔮 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
19. 19.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
20. 20.🧺 Do we need cold water to rinse for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
21. 21.True or false: melting butter is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting butter? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
23. 23.🧺 Do we need fresh cream for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
24. 24.🧺 Do we need a jar with a tight lid for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
25. 25.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting ice (b) freezing water (c) cooking an egg (d) melting butter
26. 26.⚖️ 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 measure it (c) we keep it the same
27. 27.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a balloon (b) cold water to rinse (c) a battery cell (d) turmeric powder
28. 28.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting ice (b) dissolving salt (c) freezing water (d) baking a cake
29. 29.🧈 Can this change be undone: cooking an egg? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
30. 30.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: how hard we shake is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: rusting iron is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.⚖️ 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
33. 33.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “how hard we shake”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
34. 34.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting ice? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
35. 35.⚖️ 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 amount of cream
36. 36.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so air gets out (b) so cream does not spill (c) so it turns yellow (d) so it gets hot
37. 37.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) cooking an egg (b) baking a cake (c) freezing water (d) rusting iron
38. 38.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the same jar is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) baking a cake (b) rusting iron (c) melting butter (d) cooking an egg
40. 40.🧈 Can this change be undone: folding paper? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone

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