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.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so it turns yellow (b) so cream does not spill (c) so air gets out (d) so it gets hot
- 2.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting ice (b) browning lemon ink (c) freezing water (d) melting butter
- 3.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) ghee (b) cheese (c) still runny cream (d) butter lumps
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting butter (b) baking a cake (c) dissolving salt (d) melting ice
- 5.🛟 Why is a plastic jar a good choice for shaking? (a) it is magnetic (b) it will not break (c) it is hotter (d) it is heavier
- 6.🧈 Which tool is used in many Indian homes to churn curd into butter? (a) a sieve (b) a rolling pin (c) a pressure cooker (d) a mathani (churner)
- 7.🧈 Why does shaking cream make butter? (a) shaking adds salt (b) fat bits stick together (c) the jar adds butter (d) the lid is warm
- 8.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) dissolving salt (b) melting butter (c) freezing water (d) cooking an egg
- 9.🧺 Do we need a magnet for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 10.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the same jar is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🧈 Can this change be undone: milk turning to curd? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 12.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) a timer (c) a balloon (d) a bowl
- 13.🧺 Do we need cold water to rinse for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 14.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) yeast (c) a magnet (d) turmeric powder
- 15.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) fresh cream (b) a mirror (c) a battery cell (d) a balloon
- 16.🧈 Can this change be undone: freezing water? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 17.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 18.True or false: a jar with a tight lid is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) milk turning to curd (b) melting ice (c) browning lemon ink (d) cooking an egg
- 20.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) fresh cream (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) cold water to rinse (d) a battery cell
- 21.🔍 What do you see after shaking cream in a jar for a long time? (a) clear water only (b) bubbles of gas (c) lumps of butter (d) sugar crystals
- 22.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is kept the same? (a) how hard we shake (b) time to make butter (c) the cream temperature
- 23.⚖️ 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 measure it (c) we change it
- 24.True or false: rusting iron is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 26.⚖️ 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) time to make butter (d) the cream temperature
- 27.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting ice? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 28.True or false: a magnet is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
- 29.True or false: cold water to rinse is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) browning lemon ink (b) baking a cake (c) folding paper (d) rusting iron
- 31.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) ice (b) clear water (c) powder (d) thick whipped cream
- 32.True or false: a jar with a tight lid is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🧈 Can this change be undone: dissolving salt? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
- 34.⚖️ 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
- 35.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the cream temperature (b) time to make butter (c) the amount of cream
- 36.⚖️ 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
- 37.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a magnet (b) fresh cream (c) cold water to rinse (d) a timer
- 38.🧈 Can this change be undone: cooking an egg? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 39.🧺 Do we need a bowl for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 40.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) cold water to rinse (c) a balloon (d) fresh cream
Answer key
- so cream does not spill
- browning lemon ink
- still runny cream
- baking a cake
- it will not break
- a mathani (churner)
- fat bits stick together
- cooking an egg
- not needed
- False
- cannot be undone
- a balloon
- needed
- a jar with a tight lid
- fresh cream
- can be undone
- not needed
- True
- melting ice
- a battery cell
- lumps of butter
- how hard we shake
- we keep it the same
- True
- not needed
- time to make butter
- can be undone
- True
- True
- folding paper
- thick whipped cream
- False
- can be undone
- we measure it
- the amount of cream
- True
- a magnet
- cannot be undone
- needed
- a balloon
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