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