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