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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 901 · 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.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the amount of cream (b) how hard we shake (c) time to make butter (d) the cream temperature
  2. 2.🧈 What is the watery liquid left after the butter forms? (a) buttermilk (b) honey (c) vinegar (d) oil
  3. 3.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) cooking an egg (b) rusting iron (c) baking a cake (d) freezing water
  4. 4.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a battery cell (b) a balloon (c) turmeric powder (d) a jar with a tight lid
  5. 5.🧺 Do we need a mirror for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  6. 6.🧈 Which tool is used in many Indian homes to churn curd into butter? (a) a pressure cooker (b) a mathani (churner) (c) a sieve (d) a rolling pin
  7. 7.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) a bowl (c) cold water to rinse (d) a battery cell
  8. 8.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a balloon (b) fresh cream (c) a timer (d) a jar with a tight lid
  9. 9.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we measure it
  10. 10.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) fresh cream (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) turmeric powder (d) a timer
  11. 11.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) powder (b) clear water (c) thick whipped cream (d) ice
  12. 12.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) melting ice (c) rusting iron (d) milk turning to curd
  13. 13.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) fresh cream (b) a battery cell (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) a timer
  14. 14.True or false: melting butter is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🧺 Do we need a bowl for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  16. 16.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting butter? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  17. 17.⚖️ 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
  18. 18.🛟 Why is a plastic jar a good choice for shaking? (a) it is hotter (b) it will not break (c) it is magnetic (d) it is heavier
  19. 19.True or false: folding paper is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔍 What do you see after shaking cream in a jar for a long time? (a) bubbles of gas (b) lumps of butter (c) sugar crystals (d) clear water only
  21. 21.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a magnet (b) a bowl (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) cold water to rinse
  22. 22.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) rusting iron (b) milk turning to curd (c) browning lemon ink (d) melting butter
  23. 23.🧺 Do we need a timer for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  24. 24.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) still runny cream (b) butter lumps (c) ghee (d) cheese
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting butter (b) baking a cake (c) freezing water (d) folding paper
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting butter (b) dissolving salt (c) cooking an egg (d) melting ice
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) baking a cake (b) freezing water (c) cooking an egg (d) milk turning to curd
  28. 28.🧺 Do we need fresh cream for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  29. 29.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) dissolving salt (b) melting ice (c) freezing water (d) milk turning to curd
  30. 30.⚖️ 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
  31. 31.🧈 Can this change be undone: milk turning to curd? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  32. 32.True or false: baking a cake is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the amount of cream is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔮 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
  35. 35.True or false: dissolving salt is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🧈 Can this change be undone: baking a cake? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  37. 37.🧺 Do we need a balloon for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  38. 38.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it takes much longer (b) it makes salt (c) it is much faster (d) it turns pink
  39. 39.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a timer (b) a balloon (c) cold water to rinse (d) a bowl
  40. 40.⚖️ 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

Answer key

  1. the cream temperature
  2. buttermilk
  3. freezing water
  4. a jar with a tight lid
  5. not needed
  6. a mathani (churner)
  7. a battery cell
  8. a balloon
  9. we change it
  10. turmeric powder
  11. thick whipped cream
  12. melting ice
  13. a battery cell
  14. False
  15. needed
  16. can be undone
  17. True
  18. it will not break
  19. False
  20. lumps of butter
  21. a magnet
  22. melting butter
  23. needed
  24. still runny cream
  25. baking a cake
  26. cooking an egg
  27. freezing water
  28. needed
  29. milk turning to curd
  30. we keep it the same
  31. cannot be undone
  32. False
  33. False
  34. no butter forms
  35. True
  36. cannot be undone
  37. not needed
  38. it takes much longer
  39. a balloon
  40. the same jar

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