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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 978 · 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.🧺 Do we need a bowl for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) baking a cake (b) cooking an egg (c) melting ice (d) milk turning to curd
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting butter (b) melting ice (c) baking a cake (d) folding paper
  5. 5.⚖️ 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
  6. 6.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) fresh cream (c) cold water to rinse (d) a battery cell
  7. 7.🧈 Can this change be undone: milk turning to curd? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  8. 8.True or false: a battery cell is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the cream temperature (b) time to make butter (c) how hard we shake
  10. 10.🧺 Do we need cold water to rinse for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  11. 11.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) still runny cream (b) ghee (c) cheese (d) butter lumps
  12. 12.⚖️ 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
  13. 13.🧈 What is the watery liquid left after the butter forms? (a) oil (b) vinegar (c) buttermilk (d) honey
  14. 14.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: how hard we shake is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
  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 the one thing we change? (a) time to make butter (b) the same jar (c) how hard we shake (d) the cream temperature
  17. 17.True or false: cooking an egg is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🧺 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) turmeric powder
  19. 19.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the amount of cream is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🧺 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
  21. 21.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a timer (b) yeast (c) a mirror (d) a battery cell
  22. 22.True or false: melting butter is a change that can be undone. (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) the cream temperature (b) time to make butter (c) the same jar
  24. 24.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a magnet (b) cold water to rinse (c) fresh cream (d) a timer
  25. 25.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “time to make butter”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
  26. 26.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) folding paper (b) milk turning to curd (c) browning lemon ink (d) cooking an egg
  27. 27.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting butter (b) dissolving salt (c) folding paper (d) rusting iron
  28. 28.True or false: a timer is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.⚖️ 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
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) freezing water (b) melting butter (c) melting ice (d) cooking an egg
  31. 31.🛟 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
  32. 32.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a timer (b) a mirror (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) fresh cream
  33. 33.🧈 Which tool is used in many Indian homes to churn curd into butter? (a) a sieve (b) a mathani (churner) (c) a pressure cooker (d) a rolling pin
  34. 34.🧺 Do we need fresh cream for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  35. 35.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a timer (b) fresh cream (c) a bowl (d) yeast
  36. 36.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) folding paper (b) browning lemon ink (c) dissolving salt (d) melting butter
  37. 37.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) milk turning to curd (b) melting ice (c) dissolving salt (d) melting butter
  38. 38.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) fresh cream (c) a mirror (d) a timer
  39. 39.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) thick whipped cream (b) powder (c) ice (d) clear water
  40. 40.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) rusting iron (b) baking a cake (c) cooking an egg (d) dissolving salt

Answer key

  1. no butter forms
  2. needed
  3. melting ice
  4. baking a cake
  5. we keep it the same
  6. a battery cell
  7. cannot be undone
  8. False
  9. how hard we shake
  10. needed
  11. still runny cream
  12. we keep it the same
  13. buttermilk
  14. True
  15. so cream does not spill
  16. the cream temperature
  17. True
  18. turmeric powder
  19. True
  20. a battery cell
  21. a timer
  22. True
  23. the same jar
  24. a magnet
  25. we measure it
  26. folding paper
  27. rusting iron
  28. True
  29. True
  30. cooking an egg
  31. it will not break
  32. a mirror
  33. a mathani (churner)
  34. needed
  35. yeast
  36. browning lemon ink
  37. milk turning to curd
  38. a mirror
  39. thick whipped cream
  40. dissolving salt

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