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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 864 · 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 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)
  2. 2.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) a battery cell (d) fresh cream
  3. 3.True or false: melting ice is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so it gets hot (b) so cream does not spill (c) so air gets out (d) so it turns yellow
  5. 5.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the cream temperature is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) melting ice (b) baking a cake (c) rusting iron (d) milk turning to curd
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dissolving salt (b) folding paper (c) melting ice (d) rusting iron
  8. 8.🧈 Can this change be undone: folding paper? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  9. 9.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) it turns blue (b) it turns to cheese (c) no butter forms (d) more butter forms
  10. 10.True or false: freezing water is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.⚖️ 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) how hard we shake (c) the amount of cream (d) the cream temperature
  12. 12.🧈 Can this change be undone: freezing water? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  13. 13.🧺 Do we need a magnet for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting butter (b) browning lemon ink (c) baking a cake (d) rusting iron
  15. 15.🧺 Do we need cold water to rinse for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  16. 16.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the amount of cream (b) the cream temperature (c) time to make butter
  17. 17.True or false: cooking an egg is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: cooking an egg is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: dissolving salt is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🧺 Do we need a balloon for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  21. 21.⚖️ 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
  22. 22.🧺 Do we need a mirror for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  23. 23.⚖️ 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) True (b) False
  24. 24.⚖️ 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
  25. 25.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) yeast (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) fresh cream (d) a timer
  26. 26.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “time to make butter”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
  27. 27.True or false: a jar with a tight lid is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a mirror (b) fresh cream (c) cold water to rinse (d) a jar with a tight lid
  29. 29.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) rusting iron (b) folding paper (c) melting ice (d) dissolving salt
  30. 30.True or false: a mirror is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it is much faster (b) it makes salt (c) it turns pink (d) it takes much longer
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking an egg (b) folding paper (c) dissolving salt (d) freezing water
  33. 33.🧺 Do we need fresh cream for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  34. 34.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) clear water (b) thick whipped cream (c) powder (d) ice
  35. 35.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) dissolving salt (b) folding paper (c) cooking an egg (d) melting butter
  36. 36.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting ice? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  37. 37.🧈 Why does shaking cream make butter? (a) fat bits stick together (b) the lid is warm (c) the jar adds butter (d) shaking adds salt
  38. 38.⚖️ 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
  39. 39.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) cooking an egg (c) freezing water (d) rusting iron
  40. 40.True or false: cold water to rinse is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. a mathani (churner)
  2. a battery cell
  3. False
  4. so cream does not spill
  5. False
  6. melting ice
  7. rusting iron
  8. can be undone
  9. no butter forms
  10. False
  11. the cream temperature
  12. can be undone
  13. not needed
  14. melting butter
  15. needed
  16. the amount of cream
  17. True
  18. False
  19. False
  20. not needed
  21. we keep it the same
  22. not needed
  23. False
  24. True
  25. yeast
  26. we measure it
  27. False
  28. a mirror
  29. rusting iron
  30. False
  31. it takes much longer
  32. cooking an egg
  33. needed
  34. thick whipped cream
  35. cooking an egg
  36. can be undone
  37. fat bits stick together
  38. we change it
  39. freezing water
  40. False

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