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 jar with a tight lid is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) baking a cake (b) cooking an egg (c) melting ice (d) milk turning to curd
- 4.🧈 Can this change be undone: milk turning to curd? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 5.🧈 Which tool is used in many Indian homes to churn curd into butter? (a) a pressure cooker (b) a sieve (c) a rolling pin (d) a mathani (churner)
- 6.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) freezing water (b) baking a cake (c) melting butter (d) melting ice
- 7.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a timer (c) a magnet (d) a bowl
- 8.True or false: a magnet is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
- 9.⚖️ 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
- 10.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) rusting iron (b) browning lemon ink (c) cooking an egg (d) freezing water
- 11.True or false: fresh cream is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a bowl (b) a mirror (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) fresh cream
- 13.🛟 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
- 14.True or false: milk turning to curd is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) freezing water (b) melting butter (c) melting ice (d) milk turning to curd
- 16.⚖️ 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
- 17.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) cheese (b) ghee (c) still runny cream (d) butter lumps
- 18.⚖️ 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) time to make butter (c) how hard we shake (d) the same jar
- 19.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) turmeric powder (b) cold water to rinse (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) a timer
- 20.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: time to make butter is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 21.True or false: a mirror is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🧈 Can this change be undone: browning lemon ink? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
- 23.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) folding paper (b) melting butter (c) cooking an egg (d) melting ice
- 24.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the amount of cream”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
- 25.True or false: a bowl is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🧈 What is the watery liquid left after the butter forms? (a) oil (b) honey (c) buttermilk (d) vinegar
- 27.True or false: fresh cream is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
- 28.True or false: a balloon is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking an egg (b) milk turning to curd (c) folding paper (d) browning lemon ink
- 30.🧈 Can this change be undone: freezing water? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
- 31.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the cream temperature”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
- 32.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a balloon (b) a battery cell (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) a magnet
- 33.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the same jar”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
- 34.🧺 Do we need a jar with a tight lid for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 35.True or false: dissolving salt is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🧈 Can this change be undone: folding paper? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
- 37.🔍 What do you see after shaking cream in a jar for a long time? (a) bubbles of gas (b) clear water only (c) sugar crystals (d) lumps of butter
- 38.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting ice (b) dissolving salt (c) rusting iron (d) melting butter
- 39.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it takes much longer (b) it turns pink (c) it makes salt (d) it is much faster
- 40.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a timer (b) a bowl (c) fresh cream (d) yeast
Answer key
- False
- not needed
- melting ice
- cannot be undone
- a mathani (churner)
- baking a cake
- a magnet
- False
- True
- freezing water
- False
- a mirror
- so cream does not spill
- True
- milk turning to curd
- True
- still runny cream
- time to make butter
- turmeric powder
- False
- True
- cannot be undone
- cooking an egg
- we keep it the same
- True
- buttermilk
- True
- False
- folding paper
- can be undone
- we change it
- a jar with a tight lid
- we keep it the same
- needed
- False
- can be undone
- lumps of butter
- rusting iron
- it takes much longer
- yeast
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