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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 696 · 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: cooking an egg? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  2. 2.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting butter? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  3. 3.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) thick whipped cream (b) powder (c) clear water (d) ice
  4. 4.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  5. 5.⚖️ 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
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking an egg (b) melting butter (c) melting ice (d) dissolving salt
  7. 7.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) yeast (b) a mirror (c) a balloon (d) fresh cream
  8. 8.True or false: rusting iron is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) browning lemon ink (b) folding paper (c) melting butter (d) freezing water
  10. 10.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a timer (b) a bowl (c) fresh cream (d) a battery cell
  11. 11.⚖️ 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
  12. 12.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) folding paper (b) freezing water (c) dissolving salt (d) milk turning to curd
  13. 13.🧈 Can this change be undone: baking a cake? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  14. 14.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) browning lemon ink (b) rusting iron (c) cooking an egg (d) dissolving salt
  15. 15.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a bowl (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) a magnet (d) fresh cream
  16. 16.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) butter lumps (b) ghee (c) still runny cream (d) cheese
  17. 17.🧈 Which tool is used in many Indian homes to churn curd into butter? (a) a sieve (b) a rolling pin (c) a mathani (churner) (d) a pressure cooker
  18. 18.True or false: a timer is not 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) how hard we shake (c) the cream temperature
  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 amount of cream (b) how hard we shake (c) time to make butter (d) the cream temperature
  21. 21.🧈 Why does shaking cream make butter? (a) the jar adds butter (b) the lid is warm (c) fat bits stick together (d) shaking adds salt
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking an egg (b) rusting iron (c) melting butter (d) baking a cake
  23. 23.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the cream temperature (b) how hard we shake (c) time to make butter (d) the amount of cream
  24. 24.🧈 Can this change be undone: dissolving salt? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  25. 25.True or false: a balloon is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🧺 Do we need a mirror for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  27. 27.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a timer (b) fresh cream (c) a balloon (d) a jar with a tight lid
  28. 28.🧈 Can this change be undone: folding paper? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  29. 29.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) fresh cream (b) a mirror (c) a bowl (d) a jar with a tight lid
  30. 30.🛟 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
  31. 31.True or false: a balloon is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.⚖️ 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
  33. 33.🧈 Can this change be undone: milk turning to curd? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  34. 34.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a timer (b) a bowl (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) a mirror
  35. 35.🔍 What do you see after shaking cream in a jar for a long time? (a) bubbles of gas (b) clear water only (c) lumps of butter (d) sugar crystals
  36. 36.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “how hard we shake”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
  37. 37.⚖️ 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
  38. 38.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the cream temperature is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🧈 Can this change be undone: browning lemon ink? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  40. 40.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) it turns blue (b) it turns to cheese (c) more butter forms (d) no butter forms

Answer key

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

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