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