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