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 of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a bowl (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) yeast (d) a timer
- 2.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
- 3.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: time to make butter is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) milk turning to curd (b) baking a cake (c) freezing water (d) cooking an egg
- 5.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a balloon (b) turmeric powder (c) fresh cream (d) a magnet
- 6.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting ice? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 7.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) yeast (b) cold water to rinse (c) a timer (d) a bowl
- 8.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting butter? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
- 9.True or false: freezing water is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) melting butter (b) cooking an egg (c) baking a cake (d) milk turning to curd
- 11.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) rusting iron (b) melting ice (c) browning lemon ink (d) cooking an egg
- 12.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it turns pink (b) it takes much longer (c) it makes salt (d) it is much faster
- 13.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a timer (b) a mirror (c) cold water to rinse (d) fresh cream
- 14.🧺 Do we need cold water to rinse for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 15.True or false: turmeric powder is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
- 16.⚖️ 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
- 17.⚖️ 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) how hard we shake (c) the cream temperature (d) the amount of cream
- 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) True (b) False
- 19.True or false: a mirror is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
- 20.True or false: cooking an egg is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🧺 Do we need a mirror for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 22.🧈 Which tool is used in many Indian homes to churn curd into butter? (a) a pressure cooker (b) a sieve (c) a mathani (churner) (d) a rolling pin
- 23.True or false: a jar with a tight lid is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🧺 Do we need yeast for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting ice (b) melting butter (c) cooking an egg (d) freezing water
- 26.True or false: cooking an egg is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🔍 What do you see after shaking cream in a jar for a long time? (a) clear water only (b) sugar crystals (c) bubbles of gas (d) lumps of butter
- 28.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a timer (b) a bowl (c) a battery cell (d) fresh cream
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking an egg (b) baking a cake (c) melting butter (d) rusting iron
- 30.🧈 Why does shaking cream make butter? (a) fat bits stick together (b) the jar adds butter (c) shaking adds salt (d) the lid is warm
- 31.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) a battery cell (c) a magnet (d) a balloon
- 32.⚖️ 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
- 33.🧺 Do we need a magnet for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 34.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) browning lemon ink (b) folding paper (c) melting ice (d) freezing water
- 35.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the same jar is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🛟 Why is a plastic jar a good choice for shaking? (a) it is magnetic (b) it is heavier (c) it is hotter (d) it will not break
- 37.True or false: a timer is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🧈 Can this change be undone: dissolving salt? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
- 39.True or false: a bowl is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a bowl (b) cold water to rinse (c) fresh cream (d) turmeric powder
Answer key
- yeast
- True
- True
- freezing water
- fresh cream
- can be undone
- yeast
- can be undone
- False
- melting butter
- melting ice
- it takes much longer
- a mirror
- needed
- False
- we measure it
- the cream temperature
- False
- False
- False
- not needed
- a mathani (churner)
- True
- not needed
- cooking an egg
- True
- lumps of butter
- a battery cell
- melting butter
- fat bits stick together
- a jar with a tight lid
- we keep it the same
- not needed
- browning lemon ink
- True
- it will not break
- True
- can be undone
- True
- turmeric powder
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