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