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