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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 854 · 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.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) it turns to cheese (b) it turns blue (c) no butter forms (d) more butter forms
  2. 2.🧺 Do we need fresh cream for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  3. 3.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting ice? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  4. 4.🛟 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
  5. 5.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) a mirror (d) a bowl
  6. 6.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “time to make butter”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
  7. 7.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) fresh cream (b) a timer (c) a bowl (d) a balloon
  8. 8.🧈 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
  9. 9.True or false: rusting iron is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🧺 Do we need yeast for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  11. 11.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a timer (b) a magnet (c) fresh cream (d) a jar with a tight lid
  12. 12.🧈 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
  13. 13.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting butter? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  14. 14.True or false: folding paper is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🧈 Can this change be undone: folding paper? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  16. 16.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a timer (b) a battery cell (c) fresh cream (d) a jar with a tight lid
  17. 17.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) cheese (b) ghee (c) still runny cream (d) butter lumps
  18. 18.True or false: baking a cake is a change that cannot be undone. (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) the cream temperature (c) the amount of cream
  20. 20.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) dissolving salt (b) melting ice (c) cooking an egg (d) folding paper
  21. 21.True or false: cooking an egg is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.⚖️ 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) True (b) False
  23. 23.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) powder (b) thick whipped cream (c) clear water (d) ice
  24. 24.🧈 What is the watery liquid left after the butter forms? (a) honey (b) oil (c) vinegar (d) buttermilk
  25. 25.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we change it
  26. 26.🧈 Can this change be undone: cooking an egg? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  27. 27.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) freezing water (b) melting ice (c) rusting iron (d) melting butter
  28. 28.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the same jar (b) the cream temperature (c) time to make butter
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) folding paper (b) dissolving salt (c) rusting iron (d) melting ice
  30. 30.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  31. 31.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the same jar”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
  32. 32.True or false: a bowl is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a balloon (b) turmeric powder (c) cold water to rinse (d) a battery cell
  34. 34.True or false: browning lemon ink is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.⚖️ 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
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) folding paper (b) freezing water (c) browning lemon ink (d) melting ice
  37. 37.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: how hard we shake is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) browning lemon ink (b) milk turning to curd (c) cooking an egg (d) dissolving salt
  39. 39.⚖️ 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
  40. 40.🧺 Do we need a magnet for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed

Answer key

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

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