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