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