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