Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 714 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dissolving salt (b) melting ice (c) baking a cake (d) freezing water
2. 2.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the cream temperature”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) milk turning to curd (b) cooking an egg (c) baking a cake (d) melting butter
4. 4.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) butter lumps (b) ghee (c) cheese (d) still runny cream
5. 5.True or false: a battery cell is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) cooking an egg (b) rusting iron (c) milk turning to curd (d) melting butter
7. 7.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) freezing water (b) melting ice (c) dissolving salt (d) cooking an egg
8. 8.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) fresh cream (b) a magnet (c) a balloon (d) a mirror
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking an egg (b) melting butter (c) melting ice (d) folding paper
10. 10.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) ice (b) clear water (c) powder (d) thick whipped cream
11. 11.🔍 What do you see after shaking cream in a jar for a long time? (a) clear water only (b) bubbles of gas (c) sugar crystals (d) lumps of butter
12. 12.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting ice (b) melting butter (c) freezing water (d) milk turning to curd
13. 13.🛟 Why is a plastic jar a good choice for shaking? (a) it is hotter (b) it is magnetic (c) it is heavier (d) it will not break
14. 14.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) a bowl (c) cold water to rinse (d) a magnet
15. 15.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: how hard we shake is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🧈 Can this change be undone: milk turning to curd? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
17. 17.🧈 Can this change be undone: cooking an egg? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
18. 18.🧈 Which tool is used in many Indian homes to churn curd into butter? (a) a mathani (churner) (b) a rolling pin (c) a pressure cooker (d) a sieve
19. 19.⚖️ 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 cream temperature (d) the same jar
20. 20.⚖️ 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
21. 21.⚖️ 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 change it (c) we keep it the same
22. 22.True or false: yeast is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a battery cell (b) cold water to rinse (c) a bowl (d) a timer
24. 24.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting ice? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
25. 25.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) no butter forms (b) it turns to cheese (c) it turns blue (d) more butter forms
26. 26.True or false: turmeric powder is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🛟 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
28. 28.True or false: dissolving salt is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: melting butter is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) fresh cream (b) a bowl (c) cold water to rinse (d) a battery cell
31. 31.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) turmeric powder (b) a magnet (c) a mirror (d) a bowl
32. 32.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a bowl (b) fresh cream (c) turmeric powder (d) a jar with a tight lid
33. 33.🧈 Why does shaking cream make butter? (a) shaking adds salt (b) fat bits stick together (c) the jar adds butter (d) the lid is warm
34. 34.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it turns pink (b) it makes salt (c) it is much faster (d) it takes much longer
35. 35.⚖️ 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
36. 36.⚖️ 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) False (b) True
37. 37.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) turmeric powder (b) cold water to rinse (c) fresh cream (d) a timer
38. 38.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a timer (b) a balloon (c) a bowl (d) fresh cream
39. 39.🧺 Do we need yeast for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
40. 40.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a balloon (b) cold water to rinse (c) a timer (d) fresh cream

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