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