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