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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 872 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) rusting iron (b) melting ice (c) baking a cake (d) milk turning to curd
  2. 2.True or false: yeast is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🧈 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)
  4. 4.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the amount of cream”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
  5. 5.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) butter lumps (b) ghee (c) cheese (d) still runny cream
  6. 6.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) browning lemon ink (b) melting ice (c) cooking an egg (d) baking a cake
  7. 7.🧈 Can this change be undone: browning lemon ink? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  8. 8.🧈 Can this change be undone: freezing water? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  9. 9.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) turmeric powder (b) a timer (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) a bowl
  10. 10.True or false: melting ice is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a mirror (b) a timer (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) cold water to rinse
  12. 12.🧺 Do we need a balloon for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  13. 13.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) it turns blue (b) no butter forms (c) it turns to cheese (d) more butter forms
  14. 14.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) a bowl (c) turmeric powder (d) cold water to rinse
  15. 15.🧺 Do we need a jar with a tight lid for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  16. 16.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a battery cell (b) a magnet (c) a bowl (d) yeast
  17. 17.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) freezing water (b) cooking an egg (c) melting ice (d) melting butter
  18. 18.🧺 Do we need a bowl for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  19. 19.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “time to make butter”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) baking a cake (b) melting butter (c) dissolving salt (d) melting ice
  21. 21.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the cream temperature”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dissolving salt (b) baking a cake (c) milk turning to curd (d) browning lemon ink
  23. 23.⚖️ 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
  24. 24.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so cream does not spill (b) so it turns yellow (c) so it gets hot (d) so air gets out
  25. 25.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  26. 26.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) milk turning to curd (c) rusting iron (d) freezing water
  27. 27.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the same jar (b) time to make butter (c) the cream temperature (d) how hard we shake
  28. 28.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) fresh cream (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) cold water to rinse (d) a balloon
  29. 29.True or false: cold water to rinse is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) browning lemon ink (b) rusting iron (c) cooking an egg (d) folding paper
  31. 31.⚖️ 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
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting butter (b) freezing water (c) melting ice (d) rusting iron
  33. 33.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: folding paper is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 What do you see after shaking cream in a jar for a long time? (a) sugar crystals (b) clear water only (c) bubbles of gas (d) lumps of butter
  36. 36.🛟 Why is a plastic jar a good choice for shaking? (a) it is heavier (b) it is magnetic (c) it is hotter (d) it will not break
  37. 37.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting butter (b) baking a cake (c) melting ice (d) folding paper
  38. 38.True or false: freezing water is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a balloon (c) turmeric powder (d) a mirror
  40. 40.🧈 Why does shaking cream make butter? (a) the jar adds butter (b) shaking adds salt (c) fat bits stick together (d) the lid is warm

Answer key

  1. melting ice
  2. True
  3. a mathani (churner)
  4. we keep it the same
  5. still runny cream
  6. melting ice
  7. cannot be undone
  8. can be undone
  9. turmeric powder
  10. True
  11. a mirror
  12. not needed
  13. no butter forms
  14. turmeric powder
  15. needed
  16. a bowl
  17. cooking an egg
  18. needed
  19. we measure it
  20. baking a cake
  21. we change it
  22. dissolving salt
  23. False
  24. so cream does not spill
  25. not needed
  26. freezing water
  27. the cream temperature
  28. a balloon
  29. False
  30. folding paper
  31. the same jar
  32. rusting iron
  33. True
  34. False
  35. lumps of butter
  36. it will not break
  37. baking a cake
  38. False
  39. cold water to rinse
  40. fat bits stick together

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