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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 841 · 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 of these is needed for making butter? (a) a timer (b) turmeric powder (c) a battery cell (d) yeast
  2. 2.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) it turns blue (b) more butter forms (c) it turns to cheese (d) no butter forms
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dissolving salt (b) folding paper (c) baking a cake (d) melting ice
  4. 4.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting ice? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rusting iron (b) baking a cake (c) freezing water (d) cooking an egg
  6. 6.⚖️ 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
  7. 7.🧺 Do we need a magnet for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  8. 8.🧺 Do we need a timer for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  9. 9.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) turmeric powder (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) a timer (d) a bowl
  10. 10.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) time to make butter (b) the amount of cream (c) the cream temperature (d) how hard we shake
  11. 11.🧺 Do we need a bowl for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  12. 12.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) cooking an egg (b) dissolving salt (c) milk turning to curd (d) rusting iron
  13. 13.🧈 Which tool is used in many Indian homes to churn curd into butter? (a) a pressure cooker (b) a mathani (churner) (c) a rolling pin (d) a sieve
  14. 14.True or false: fresh cream is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🛟 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
  16. 16.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a timer (b) yeast (c) fresh cream (d) a jar with a tight lid
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dissolving salt (b) melting ice (c) browning lemon ink (d) melting butter
  18. 18.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) milk turning to curd (b) rusting iron (c) baking a cake (d) freezing water
  19. 19.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so it gets hot (b) so air gets out (c) so cream does not spill (d) so it turns yellow
  20. 20.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a timer (b) fresh cream (c) a mirror (d) a bowl
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) folding paper (b) cooking an egg (c) melting butter (d) dissolving salt
  22. 22.🔮 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 makes salt (d) it turns pink
  23. 23.True or false: baking a cake is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔍 What do you see after shaking cream in a jar for a long time? (a) lumps of butter (b) clear water only (c) bubbles of gas (d) sugar crystals
  25. 25.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting butter (b) dissolving salt (c) cooking an egg (d) folding paper
  26. 26.True or false: browning lemon ink is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.⚖️ 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) False (b) True
  28. 28.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) freezing water (b) browning lemon ink (c) melting butter (d) melting ice
  29. 29.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the amount of cream”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
  30. 30.🧺 Do we need cold water to rinse for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  31. 31.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  32. 32.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) a balloon (d) fresh cream
  33. 33.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the cream temperature (b) the amount of cream (c) time to make butter
  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.🧈 Can this change be undone: milk turning to curd? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  36. 36.⚖️ 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) the cream temperature (c) the same jar
  37. 37.True or false: a bowl is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a battery cell (b) fresh cream (c) a balloon (d) a mirror
  39. 39.🧺 Do we need a jar with a tight lid for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  40. 40.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) powder (b) clear water (c) thick whipped cream (d) ice

Answer key

  1. a timer
  2. no butter forms
  3. baking a cake
  4. can be undone
  5. freezing water
  6. False
  7. not needed
  8. needed
  9. turmeric powder
  10. the cream temperature
  11. needed
  12. dissolving salt
  13. a mathani (churner)
  14. False
  15. it will not break
  16. yeast
  17. browning lemon ink
  18. freezing water
  19. so cream does not spill
  20. a mirror
  21. cooking an egg
  22. it takes much longer
  23. False
  24. lumps of butter
  25. cooking an egg
  26. True
  27. False
  28. browning lemon ink
  29. we keep it the same
  30. needed
  31. not needed
  32. a balloon
  33. the amount of cream
  34. False
  35. cannot be undone
  36. the same jar
  37. True
  38. fresh cream
  39. needed
  40. thick whipped cream

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