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