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