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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 999 · 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 stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) cheese (b) butter lumps (c) ghee (d) still runny cream
  2. 2.🧈 Can this change be undone: cooking an egg? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  3. 3.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) turmeric powder (b) cold water to rinse (c) a timer (d) a bowl
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) freezing water (b) cooking an egg (c) melting ice (d) folding paper
  5. 5.🧈 Can this change be undone: rusting iron? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
  6. 6.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) cooking an egg (b) melting butter (c) rusting iron (d) milk turning to curd
  7. 7.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  8. 8.🧺 Do we need a bowl for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  9. 9.🧈 Can this change be undone: baking a cake? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  10. 10.🧺 Do we need a jar with a tight lid for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  11. 11.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) cooking an egg (b) folding paper (c) rusting iron (d) milk turning to curd
  12. 12.🧈 Which tool is used in many Indian homes to churn curd into butter? (a) a sieve (b) a rolling pin (c) a mathani (churner) (d) a pressure cooker
  13. 13.True or false: folding paper is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🧺 Do we need fresh cream for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  15. 15.🔮 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
  16. 16.🧈 What is the watery liquid left after the butter forms? (a) honey (b) vinegar (c) buttermilk (d) oil
  17. 17.🧺 Do we need cold water to rinse for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  18. 18.True or false: a mirror is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🧈 Why does shaking cream make butter? (a) shaking adds salt (b) the lid is warm (c) fat bits stick together (d) the jar adds butter
  20. 20.⚖️ 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
  21. 21.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) powder (b) thick whipped cream (c) clear water (d) ice
  22. 22.True or false: a bowl is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: a mirror is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting ice (b) folding paper (c) melting butter (d) cooking an egg
  25. 25.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a balloon (b) a bowl (c) a timer (d) fresh cream
  26. 26.⚖️ 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
  27. 27.True or false: milk turning to curd is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.⚖️ 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
  29. 29.True or false: melting butter is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the cream temperature”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
  31. 31.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) baking a cake (b) browning lemon ink (c) cooking an egg (d) melting butter
  33. 33.🧈 Can this change be undone: milk turning to curd? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  34. 34.🧈 Can this change be undone: freezing water? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) freezing water (b) melting butter (c) dissolving salt (d) baking a cake
  36. 36.🧺 Do we need a balloon for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  37. 37.True or false: fresh cream is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) fresh cream (c) turmeric powder (d) cold water to rinse
  39. 39.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting ice (b) rusting iron (c) dissolving salt (d) freezing water
  40. 40.True or false: fresh cream is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. still runny cream
  2. cannot be undone
  3. turmeric powder
  4. cooking an egg
  5. cannot be undone
  6. melting butter
  7. not needed
  8. needed
  9. cannot be undone
  10. needed
  11. folding paper
  12. a mathani (churner)
  13. False
  14. needed
  15. it takes much longer
  16. buttermilk
  17. needed
  18. False
  19. fat bits stick together
  20. the amount of cream
  21. thick whipped cream
  22. True
  23. True
  24. cooking an egg
  25. a balloon
  26. the same jar
  27. True
  28. True
  29. True
  30. we change it
  31. True
  32. melting butter
  33. cannot be undone
  34. can be undone
  35. baking a cake
  36. not needed
  37. True
  38. turmeric powder
  39. rusting iron
  40. False

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