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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 674 · 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.🧈 Which tool is used in many Indian homes to churn curd into butter? (a) a pressure cooker (b) a rolling pin (c) a mathani (churner) (d) a sieve
  2. 2.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a bowl (b) cold water to rinse (c) a mirror (d) a jar with a tight lid
  3. 3.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) more butter forms (b) it turns to cheese (c) no butter forms (d) it turns blue
  4. 4.🧺 Do we need fresh cream for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  5. 5.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) yeast (b) a magnet (c) cold water to rinse (d) a battery cell
  6. 6.True or false: a jar with a tight lid is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is what we measure? (a) time to make butter (b) how hard we shake (c) the same jar (d) the cream temperature
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) browning lemon ink (b) milk turning to curd (c) dissolving salt (d) rusting iron
  9. 9.🧺 Do we need a jar with a tight lid for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  10. 10.🔍 What do you see after shaking cream in a jar for a long time? (a) sugar crystals (b) lumps of butter (c) bubbles of gas (d) clear water only
  11. 11.True or false: cold water to rinse is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: fresh cream is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: how hard we shake is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🛟 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
  15. 15.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: time to make butter is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a timer (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) a balloon
  17. 17.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a bowl (b) a timer (c) a magnet (d) fresh cream
  18. 18.⚖️ 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
  19. 19.🧺 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) fresh cream (d) a timer
  20. 20.True or false: cooking an egg is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🧈 Can this change be undone: milk turning to curd? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  22. 22.⚖️ 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
  23. 23.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) folding paper (c) rusting iron (d) cooking an egg
  24. 24.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) thick whipped cream (b) ice (c) powder (d) clear water
  25. 25.True or false: melting butter is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a bowl (c) turmeric powder (d) a timer
  27. 27.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) dissolving salt (b) rusting iron (c) freezing water (d) folding paper
  28. 28.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) turmeric powder (b) a magnet (c) a mirror (d) fresh cream
  29. 29.⚖️ 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
  30. 30.🛟 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
  31. 31.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the amount of cream is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rusting iron (b) melting butter (c) folding paper (d) dissolving salt
  33. 33.True or false: browning lemon ink is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: time to make butter is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🧺 Do we need a mirror for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  36. 36.🧺 Do we need a balloon for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) freezing water (b) dissolving salt (c) melting ice (d) milk turning to curd
  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) True (b) False
  39. 39.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) rusting iron (b) browning lemon ink (c) melting ice (d) baking a cake
  40. 40.⚖️ 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

Answer key

  1. a mathani (churner)
  2. a mirror
  3. no butter forms
  4. needed
  5. cold water to rinse
  6. True
  7. time to make butter
  8. dissolving salt
  9. needed
  10. lumps of butter
  11. True
  12. True
  13. True
  14. so cream does not spill
  15. True
  16. a balloon
  17. a magnet
  18. we change it
  19. a battery cell
  20. True
  21. cannot be undone
  22. False
  23. folding paper
  24. thick whipped cream
  25. True
  26. turmeric powder
  27. rusting iron
  28. fresh cream
  29. True
  30. it will not break
  31. True
  32. rusting iron
  33. False
  34. False
  35. not needed
  36. not needed
  37. milk turning to curd
  38. False
  39. melting ice
  40. False

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