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