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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 934 · 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.🔮 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
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting butter (b) cooking an egg (c) browning lemon ink (d) milk turning to curd
  3. 3.True or false: melting butter is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔍 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
  5. 5.True or false: a timer is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) a magnet (c) cold water to rinse (d) a bowl
  7. 7.True or false: browning lemon ink is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.⚖️ 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
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dissolving salt (b) milk turning to curd (c) cooking an egg (d) browning lemon ink
  10. 10.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  11. 11.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a bowl (c) fresh cream (d) a magnet
  12. 12.True or false: dissolving salt is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.⚖️ 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
  14. 14.🧈 Can this change be undone: folding paper? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  15. 15.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) butter lumps (b) ghee (c) cheese (d) still runny cream
  16. 16.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) rusting iron (b) dissolving salt (c) cooking an egg (d) baking a cake
  17. 17.True or false: rusting iron is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) fresh cream (b) yeast (c) a bowl (d) a timer
  19. 19.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the cream temperature (b) time to make butter (c) the same jar (d) the amount of cream
  20. 20.True or false: folding paper is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: a battery cell is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🧺 Do we need fresh cream for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  23. 23.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: how hard we shake is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🧺 Do we need a magnet for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  25. 25.⚖️ 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
  26. 26.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) fresh cream (b) a battery cell (c) cold water to rinse (d) a timer
  27. 27.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a magnet (b) turmeric powder (c) cold water to rinse (d) a mirror
  28. 28.⚖️ 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
  29. 29.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the cream temperature is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) cold water to rinse (c) a timer (d) a mirror
  31. 31.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a magnet (b) a bowl (c) a balloon (d) turmeric powder
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) browning lemon ink (b) milk turning to curd (c) melting ice (d) rusting iron
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) milk turning to curd (b) freezing water (c) baking a cake (d) cooking an egg
  34. 34.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) clear water (b) ice (c) thick whipped cream (d) powder
  35. 35.⚖️ 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) the same jar (c) time to make butter (d) the cream temperature
  36. 36.🧺 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) cold water to rinse
  37. 37.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a balloon (b) a magnet (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) yeast
  38. 38.🧺 Do we need yeast for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  39. 39.🧈 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
  40. 40.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it turns pink (b) it makes salt (c) it is much faster (d) it takes much longer

Answer key

  1. no butter forms
  2. melting butter
  3. False
  4. lumps of butter
  5. True
  6. a magnet
  7. True
  8. we keep it the same
  9. dissolving salt
  10. not needed
  11. a magnet
  12. True
  13. True
  14. can be undone
  15. still runny cream
  16. dissolving salt
  17. False
  18. yeast
  19. time to make butter
  20. False
  21. False
  22. needed
  23. False
  24. not needed
  25. we change it
  26. a battery cell
  27. cold water to rinse
  28. True
  29. False
  30. a mirror
  31. a bowl
  32. melting ice
  33. freezing water
  34. thick whipped cream
  35. the cream temperature
  36. turmeric powder
  37. a jar with a tight lid
  38. not needed
  39. a mathani (churner)
  40. it takes much longer

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