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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 877 · 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.True or false: baking a cake is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) freezing water (b) milk turning to curd (c) baking a cake (d) browning lemon ink
  3. 3.🧈 What is the watery liquid left after the butter forms? (a) honey (b) vinegar (c) buttermilk (d) oil
  4. 4.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) milk turning to curd (b) rusting iron (c) melting ice (d) browning lemon ink
  5. 5.🧈 Can this change be undone: baking a cake? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  6. 6.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) ghee (b) still runny cream (c) cheese (d) butter lumps
  7. 7.True or false: a balloon is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🧈 Which tool is used in many Indian homes to churn curd into butter? (a) a rolling pin (b) a sieve (c) a mathani (churner) (d) a pressure cooker
  9. 9.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) fresh cream (c) a bowl (d) a magnet
  10. 10.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) yeast (b) a timer (c) a balloon (d) turmeric powder
  11. 11.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: time to make butter is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting ice? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  13. 13.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) milk turning to curd (b) freezing water (c) melting ice (d) folding paper
  14. 14.True or false: turmeric powder is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.⚖️ 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
  16. 16.⚖️ 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
  17. 17.🔍 What do you see after shaking cream in a jar for a long time? (a) clear water only (b) bubbles of gas (c) sugar crystals (d) lumps of butter
  18. 18.🧈 Can this change be undone: cooking an egg? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  19. 19.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) a timer (c) cold water to rinse (d) yeast
  20. 20.🧺 Do we need fresh cream for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  21. 21.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so cream does not spill (b) so it gets hot (c) so air gets out (d) so it turns yellow
  22. 22.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  23. 23.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) dissolving salt (b) melting ice (c) freezing water (d) browning lemon ink
  24. 24.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) fresh cream (b) a bowl (c) turmeric powder (d) cold water to rinse
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting butter (b) melting ice (c) dissolving salt (d) baking a cake
  26. 26.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) powder (b) clear water (c) ice (d) thick whipped cream
  27. 27.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the amount of cream is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.⚖️ 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) how hard we shake (c) the cream temperature (d) the amount of cream
  29. 29.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “how hard we shake”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
  30. 30.⚖️ 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 measure it (c) we keep it the same
  31. 31.🔮 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
  32. 32.True or false: folding paper is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rusting iron (b) cooking an egg (c) baking a cake (d) folding paper
  34. 34.True or false: freezing water is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🛟 Why is a plastic jar a good choice for shaking? (a) it is hotter (b) it is heavier (c) it will not break (d) it is magnetic
  36. 36.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the cream temperature is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting butter (b) dissolving salt (c) freezing water (d) rusting iron
  38. 38.🧺 Do we need a mirror for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  39. 39.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) fresh cream (b) a bowl (c) cold water to rinse (d) a balloon
  40. 40.🧈 Can this change be undone: rusting iron? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone

Answer key

  1. False
  2. freezing water
  3. buttermilk
  4. melting ice
  5. cannot be undone
  6. still runny cream
  7. True
  8. a mathani (churner)
  9. a magnet
  10. a timer
  11. True
  12. can be undone
  13. milk turning to curd
  14. False
  15. True
  16. True
  17. lumps of butter
  18. cannot be undone
  19. yeast
  20. needed
  21. so cream does not spill
  22. not needed
  23. browning lemon ink
  24. turmeric powder
  25. baking a cake
  26. thick whipped cream
  27. True
  28. the cream temperature
  29. we keep it the same
  30. we measure it
  31. no butter forms
  32. False
  33. folding paper
  34. True
  35. it will not break
  36. False
  37. rusting iron
  38. not needed
  39. a balloon
  40. cannot be undone

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