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