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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 703 · 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.True or false: fresh cream is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) milk turning to curd (b) cooking an egg (c) baking a cake (d) dissolving salt
  3. 3.⚖️ 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
  4. 4.⚖️ 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 change it (c) we measure it
  5. 5.🧈 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)
  6. 6.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) melting ice (b) milk turning to curd (c) rusting iron (d) baking a cake
  7. 7.🧺 Do we need fresh cream for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  8. 8.🧈 What is the watery liquid left after the butter forms? (a) vinegar (b) oil (c) honey (d) buttermilk
  9. 9.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) rusting iron (b) milk turning to curd (c) freezing water (d) browning lemon ink
  10. 10.True or false: a jar with a tight lid is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🧈 Can this change be undone: dissolving salt? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  12. 12.True or false: yeast is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🧈 Can this change be undone: rusting iron? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  14. 14.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) yeast (b) a magnet (c) fresh cream (d) a battery cell
  15. 15.🧺 Do we need a timer for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  16. 16.🧈 Can this change be undone: cooking an egg? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  17. 17.True or false: cold water to rinse is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.⚖️ 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
  19. 19.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) it turns blue (b) no butter forms (c) more butter forms (d) it turns to cheese
  20. 20.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the same jar”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
  21. 21.⚖️ 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) how hard we shake (c) the cream temperature (d) time to make butter
  22. 22.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting butter? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  23. 23.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) fresh cream (b) a balloon (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) a timer
  24. 24.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) butter lumps (b) still runny cream (c) cheese (d) ghee
  25. 25.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it takes much longer (b) it is much faster (c) it turns pink (d) it makes salt
  26. 26.⚖️ 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
  27. 27.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) freezing water (c) folding paper (d) melting ice
  28. 28.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a bowl (b) turmeric powder (c) fresh cream (d) cold water to rinse
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) browning lemon ink (b) rusting iron (c) melting butter (d) baking a cake
  30. 30.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a timer (b) cold water to rinse (c) a balloon (d) a jar with a tight lid
  31. 31.True or false: melting ice 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? True or false: the cream temperature is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a magnet (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) fresh cream (d) a bowl
  34. 34.🧺 Do we need a bowl for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  35. 35.⚖️ 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
  36. 36.⚖️ 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
  37. 37.🧈 Can this change be undone: freezing water? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  38. 38.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting ice? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  39. 39.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so air gets out (b) so it turns yellow (c) so it gets hot (d) so cream does not spill
  40. 40.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting ice (b) freezing water (c) dissolving salt (d) rusting iron

Answer key

  1. True
  2. dissolving salt
  3. False
  4. we change it
  5. a mathani (churner)
  6. melting ice
  7. needed
  8. buttermilk
  9. freezing water
  10. True
  11. can be undone
  12. False
  13. cannot be undone
  14. fresh cream
  15. needed
  16. cannot be undone
  17. False
  18. True
  19. no butter forms
  20. we keep it the same
  21. time to make butter
  22. can be undone
  23. a balloon
  24. still runny cream
  25. it takes much longer
  26. True
  27. baking a cake
  28. turmeric powder
  29. melting butter
  30. a balloon
  31. False
  32. False
  33. a magnet
  34. needed
  35. False
  36. we keep it the same
  37. can be undone
  38. can be undone
  39. so cream does not spill
  40. rusting iron

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