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