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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 921 · 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.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a bowl (b) turmeric powder (c) fresh cream (d) cold water to rinse
  2. 2.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it takes much longer (b) it makes salt (c) it turns pink (d) it is much faster
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) milk turning to curd (b) freezing water (c) folding paper (d) melting ice
  4. 4.True or false: a magnet is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a timer (b) a balloon (c) cold water to rinse (d) a bowl
  6. 6.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) browning lemon ink (c) cooking an egg (d) dissolving salt
  7. 7.🛟 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
  8. 8.🧈 Which tool is used in many Indian homes to churn curd into butter? (a) a pressure cooker (b) a rolling pin (c) a mathani (churner) (d) a sieve
  9. 9.🧺 Do we need a balloon for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  10. 10.🧈 Can this change be undone: rusting iron? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  11. 11.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a battery cell (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) cold water to rinse (d) a timer
  12. 12.True or false: a balloon is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: melting butter is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) fresh cream (b) yeast (c) a bowl (d) a timer
  15. 15.🧈 Why does shaking cream make butter? (a) fat bits stick together (b) shaking adds salt (c) the jar adds butter (d) the lid is warm
  16. 16.⚖️ 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
  17. 17.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a magnet (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) fresh cream (d) a timer
  18. 18.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) turmeric powder (b) cold water to rinse (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) a timer
  19. 19.True or false: a mirror is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the cream temperature”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
  21. 21.⚖️ 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) False (b) True
  22. 22.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) a bowl (c) fresh cream (d) a mirror
  23. 23.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the same jar is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🧺 Do we need a timer for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  25. 25.True or false: a jar with a tight lid is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking an egg (b) melting butter (c) milk turning to curd (d) browning lemon ink
  27. 27.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a mirror (b) turmeric powder (c) cold water to rinse (d) a balloon
  28. 28.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) browning lemon ink (b) folding paper (c) rusting iron (d) baking a cake
  29. 29.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) still runny cream (b) butter lumps (c) cheese (d) ghee
  30. 30.⚖️ 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) False (b) True
  31. 31.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) browning lemon ink (b) cooking an egg (c) melting butter (d) milk turning to curd
  32. 32.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) fresh cream (b) cold water to rinse (c) a balloon (d) a jar with a tight lid
  33. 33.🧈 Can this change be undone: folding paper? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  34. 34.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “how hard we shake”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
  35. 35.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) milk turning to curd (b) melting ice (c) dissolving salt (d) melting butter
  36. 36.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the cream temperature (b) the amount of cream (c) time to make butter
  37. 37.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the cream temperature (b) the amount of cream (c) the same jar (d) time to make butter
  38. 38.True or false: fresh cream is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.⚖️ 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
  40. 40.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the cream temperature (b) the amount of cream (c) time to make butter (d) how hard we shake

Answer key

  1. turmeric powder
  2. it takes much longer
  3. milk turning to curd
  4. False
  5. a balloon
  6. dissolving salt
  7. so cream does not spill
  8. a mathani (churner)
  9. not needed
  10. cannot be undone
  11. a battery cell
  12. False
  13. False
  14. yeast
  15. fat bits stick together
  16. True
  17. a magnet
  18. turmeric powder
  19. False
  20. we change it
  21. False
  22. a mirror
  23. False
  24. needed
  25. True
  26. melting butter
  27. cold water to rinse
  28. folding paper
  29. still runny cream
  30. True
  31. melting butter
  32. a balloon
  33. can be undone
  34. we keep it the same
  35. milk turning to curd
  36. the amount of cream
  37. the cream temperature
  38. False
  39. we keep it the same
  40. time to make butter

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