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