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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 932 · 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 of these is a change that can be undone? (a) milk turning to curd (b) melting ice (c) rusting iron (d) cooking an egg
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) baking a cake (b) rusting iron (c) cooking an egg (d) melting butter
  3. 3.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) a balloon (c) a bowl (d) cold water to rinse
  4. 4.True or false: fresh cream is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a bowl (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) a balloon (d) fresh cream
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dissolving salt (b) melting butter (c) browning lemon ink (d) freezing water
  7. 7.🛟 Why is a plastic jar a good choice for shaking? (a) it is magnetic (b) it will not break (c) it is hotter (d) it is heavier
  8. 8.🔍 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
  9. 9.🧺 Do we need yeast for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  10. 10.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a battery cell (b) a balloon (c) fresh cream (d) turmeric powder
  11. 11.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting butter? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  12. 12.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) butter lumps (b) still runny cream (c) ghee (d) cheese
  13. 13.🧈 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
  14. 14.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so it gets hot (b) so it turns yellow (c) so air gets out (d) so cream does not spill
  15. 15.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) it turns to cheese (b) no butter forms (c) more butter forms (d) it turns blue
  16. 16.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: time to make butter is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
  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) False (b) True
  18. 18.🧈 Why does shaking cream make butter? (a) the lid is warm (b) fat bits stick together (c) the jar adds butter (d) shaking adds salt
  19. 19.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) browning lemon ink (b) cooking an egg (c) milk turning to curd (d) melting butter
  20. 20.⚖️ 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) the cream temperature (c) the same jar (d) the amount of cream
  21. 21.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) ice (b) clear water (c) thick whipped cream (d) powder
  22. 22.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: how hard we shake is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.⚖️ 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 same jar (c) the cream temperature
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rusting iron (b) milk turning to curd (c) dissolving salt (d) cooking an egg
  25. 25.🧺 Do we need a mirror for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  26. 26.⚖️ 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 amount of cream
  27. 27.True or false: a jar with a tight lid is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a timer (b) a magnet (c) cold water to rinse (d) fresh cream
  29. 29.🧺 Do we need cold water to rinse for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  30. 30.⚖️ 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 change it (c) we measure it
  31. 31.🧺 Do we need a jar with a tight lid for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  32. 32.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) browning lemon ink (c) milk turning to curd (d) freezing water
  33. 33.True or false: a jar with a tight lid is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: freezing water is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.⚖️ 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 change it (c) we keep it the same
  36. 36.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) milk turning to curd (b) browning lemon ink (c) folding paper (d) baking a cake
  37. 37.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) yeast (b) a bowl (c) cold water to rinse (d) a timer
  38. 38.True or false: melting ice is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.⚖️ 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
  40. 40.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) freezing water (b) folding paper (c) cooking an egg (d) dissolving salt

Answer key

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

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