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