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