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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 736 · 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: baking a cake? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  2. 2.🧈 Can this change be undone: freezing water? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  3. 3.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a timer (b) cold water to rinse (c) yeast (d) fresh cream
  4. 4.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a bowl (b) a mirror (c) a magnet (d) a balloon
  5. 5.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) fresh cream (b) a bowl (c) cold water to rinse (d) yeast
  6. 6.True or false: a mirror is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a mirror (b) a magnet (c) yeast (d) a jar with a tight lid
  8. 8.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) rusting iron (b) browning lemon ink (c) folding paper (d) cooking an egg
  9. 9.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) turmeric powder (b) cold water to rinse (c) a bowl (d) fresh cream
  10. 10.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) thick whipped cream (b) ice (c) powder (d) clear water
  11. 11.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a timer (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) a mirror (d) cold water to rinse
  12. 12.🛟 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
  13. 13.🛟 Why is a plastic jar a good choice for shaking? (a) it is hotter (b) it is magnetic (c) it will not break (d) it is heavier
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking an egg (b) browning lemon ink (c) melting butter (d) baking a cake
  15. 15.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) fresh cream (b) a magnet (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) cold water to rinse
  16. 16.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) freezing water (b) melting butter (c) milk turning to curd (d) melting ice
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) folding paper (b) freezing water (c) cooking an egg (d) melting ice
  19. 19.⚖️ 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) the cream temperature (c) how hard we shake (d) time to make butter
  20. 20.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a timer (b) a battery cell (c) cold water to rinse (d) a bowl
  21. 21.🧈 Why does shaking cream make butter? (a) the lid is warm (b) the jar adds butter (c) fat bits stick together (d) shaking adds salt
  22. 22.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the amount of cream”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
  23. 23.True or false: a magnet is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) more butter forms (b) it turns blue (c) it turns to cheese (d) no butter forms
  25. 25.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a magnet (b) a timer (c) cold water to rinse (d) a bowl
  26. 26.🧈 Can this change be undone: browning lemon ink? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  27. 27.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) fresh cream (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) turmeric powder (d) a timer
  28. 28.True or false: a timer is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) cheese (b) butter lumps (c) ghee (d) still runny cream
  30. 30.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) cooking an egg (b) melting butter (c) dissolving salt (d) melting ice
  31. 31.True or false: folding paper is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the amount of cream is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) dissolving salt (b) cooking an egg (c) milk turning to curd (d) rusting iron
  34. 34.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a balloon (c) a bowl (d) fresh cream
  35. 35.🔍 What do you see after shaking cream in a jar for a long time? (a) lumps of butter (b) bubbles of gas (c) clear water only (d) sugar crystals
  36. 36.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the same jar is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) cooking an egg (b) milk turning to curd (c) rusting iron (d) melting butter
  38. 38.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a bowl (b) a timer (c) a balloon (d) fresh cream
  39. 39.🧈 What is the watery liquid left after the butter forms? (a) vinegar (b) oil (c) buttermilk (d) honey
  40. 40.🧈 Which tool is used in many Indian homes to churn curd into butter? (a) a rolling pin (b) a mathani (churner) (c) a pressure cooker (d) a sieve

Answer key

  1. cannot be undone
  2. can be undone
  3. yeast
  4. a bowl
  5. yeast
  6. True
  7. a jar with a tight lid
  8. folding paper
  9. turmeric powder
  10. thick whipped cream
  11. a mirror
  12. so cream does not spill
  13. it will not break
  14. melting butter
  15. a magnet
  16. True
  17. milk turning to curd
  18. cooking an egg
  19. the cream temperature
  20. a battery cell
  21. fat bits stick together
  22. we keep it the same
  23. False
  24. no butter forms
  25. a magnet
  26. cannot be undone
  27. turmeric powder
  28. False
  29. still runny cream
  30. cooking an egg
  31. False
  32. False
  33. dissolving salt
  34. a balloon
  35. lumps of butter
  36. True
  37. melting butter
  38. a balloon
  39. buttermilk
  40. a mathani (churner)

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