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