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