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