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