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