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) yeast (b) a timer (c) cold water to rinse (d) fresh cream
- 2.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a timer (b) a bowl (c) fresh cream (d) turmeric powder
- 3.⚖️ 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
- 4.🧈 Can this change be undone: milk turning to curd? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
- 5.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so it turns yellow (b) so it gets hot (c) so cream does not spill (d) so air gets out
- 6.🧈 Can this change be undone: rusting iron? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 7.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cold water to rinse (b) fresh cream (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) a balloon
- 8.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting butter? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
- 9.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) thick whipped cream (b) ice (c) powder (d) clear water
- 10.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a timer (b) a magnet (c) a balloon (d) yeast
- 11.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) a bowl (d) a magnet
- 12.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a balloon (b) a magnet (c) a mirror (d) fresh cream
- 13.🧈 Can this change be undone: folding paper? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting ice (b) milk turning to curd (c) melting butter (d) freezing water
- 15.True or false: folding paper is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a magnet (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) cold water to rinse (d) a timer
- 17.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 18.🧺 Do we need a mirror for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 19.True or false: a timer is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
- 20.True or false: cold water to rinse is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting ice (b) dissolving salt (c) freezing water (d) baking a cake
- 22.⚖️ 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
- 23.True or false: a battery cell is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
- 24.True or false: a jar with a tight lid is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🧈 Can this change be undone: freezing water? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
- 26.True or false: a bowl is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
- 27.True or false: cooking an egg is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 28.True or false: a magnet is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) turmeric powder (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) a bowl (d) cold water to rinse
- 30.True or false: fresh cream is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
- 31.⚖️ 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
- 32.True or false: a jar with a tight lid is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
- 33.⚖️ 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) time to make butter (c) the cream temperature (d) the amount of cream
- 34.True or false: melting ice is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🧈 Why does shaking cream make butter? (a) the lid is warm (b) the jar adds butter (c) shaking adds salt (d) fat bits stick together
- 36.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a timer (b) a bowl (c) fresh cream (d) a mirror
- 37.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the cream temperature (b) how hard we shake (c) time to make butter
- 38.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the same jar (b) the cream temperature (c) time to make butter (d) the amount of cream
- 39.🧈 Which tool is used in many Indian homes to churn curd into butter? (a) a rolling pin (b) a pressure cooker (c) a mathani (churner) (d) a sieve
- 40.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the cream temperature”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
Answer key
- yeast
- turmeric powder
- True
- cannot be undone
- so cream does not spill
- cannot be undone
- a balloon
- can be undone
- thick whipped cream
- a timer
- a magnet
- fresh cream
- can be undone
- milk turning to curd
- False
- a magnet
- not needed
- not needed
- False
- True
- baking a cake
- False
- False
- False
- can be undone
- True
- False
- False
- turmeric powder
- True
- True
- True
- the cream temperature
- True
- fat bits stick together
- a mirror
- how hard we shake
- time to make butter
- a mathani (churner)
- we change it
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