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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 960 · 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) a timer (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) a mirror
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) folding paper (b) baking a cake (c) melting butter (d) freezing water
  3. 3.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting butter? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  4. 4.True or false: a battery cell is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🧈 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
  6. 6.True or false: freezing water is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) cooking an egg (b) freezing water (c) melting butter (d) melting ice
  8. 8.🛟 Why is a plastic jar a good choice for shaking? (a) it will not break (b) it is hotter (c) it is heavier (d) it is magnetic
  9. 9.🧺 Do we need a magnet for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  10. 10.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “time to make butter”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
  11. 11.🧈 Can this change be undone: dissolving salt? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  12. 12.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the cream temperature is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: melting ice is a change that can 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) a jar with a tight lid (c) yeast (d) a timer
  15. 15.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so it turns yellow (b) so it gets hot (c) so air gets out (d) so cream does not spill
  16. 16.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the cream temperature (b) how hard we shake (c) the amount of cream (d) time to make butter
  17. 17.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the same jar is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: time to make butter is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🧈 Can this change be undone: rusting iron? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  20. 20.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a timer (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) fresh cream (d) a balloon
  21. 21.🧈 What is the watery liquid left after the butter forms? (a) honey (b) oil (c) buttermilk (d) vinegar
  22. 22.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a magnet (b) cold water to rinse (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) a bowl
  23. 23.⚖️ 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) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: yeast is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) melting ice (b) rusting iron (c) milk turning to curd (d) cooking an egg
  26. 26.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) it turns to cheese (b) it turns blue (c) more butter forms (d) no butter forms
  27. 27.⚖️ 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) how hard we shake
  28. 28.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it takes much longer (b) it is much faster (c) it makes salt (d) it turns pink
  29. 29.🔍 What do you see after shaking cream in a jar for a long time? (a) bubbles of gas (b) lumps of butter (c) clear water only (d) sugar crystals
  30. 30.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a timer (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) turmeric powder (d) cold water to rinse
  31. 31.⚖️ 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 same jar (c) time to make butter
  32. 32.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) a balloon (d) a timer
  33. 33.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the amount of cream (b) the cream temperature (c) time to make butter
  34. 34.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a battery cell (b) a balloon (c) a mirror (d) fresh cream
  35. 35.🧺 Do we need fresh cream for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  36. 36.True or false: browning lemon ink is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🧺 Do we need cold water to rinse for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  38. 38.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the amount of cream”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
  39. 39.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) cooking an egg (b) rusting iron (c) folding paper (d) baking a cake
  40. 40.True or false: yeast is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. a mirror
  2. baking a cake
  3. can be undone
  4. False
  5. a mathani (churner)
  6. False
  7. cooking an egg
  8. it will not break
  9. not needed
  10. we measure it
  11. can be undone
  12. False
  13. True
  14. yeast
  15. so cream does not spill
  16. time to make butter
  17. False
  18. False
  19. cannot be undone
  20. a balloon
  21. buttermilk
  22. a magnet
  23. False
  24. True
  25. melting ice
  26. no butter forms
  27. the cream temperature
  28. it takes much longer
  29. lumps of butter
  30. turmeric powder
  31. the same jar
  32. a balloon
  33. the amount of cream
  34. fresh cream
  35. needed
  36. True
  37. needed
  38. we keep it the same
  39. folding paper
  40. False

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