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