Mixtures and Solutions Vocabulary

the process of separating a mixture by using a magnet to remove all particles with the property of magnetism

• Filtration

• Evaporation

• Sifting

• Magnetism

the process of separating small particles of a mixture by adding water, causing some particles to attach to air bubbles and rise to the top

• Flotation

• Magnetism

• Filtration

• Evaporation

the process of separating a mixture by evaporating all of the liquid and leaving the solid particles behind

• Evaporation

• Flotration

• Magnetism

• Sifting

the process of separating parts of a mixture by passing a liquid or gas through a filter to remove the solid particles

• Filtration

• Evaporation

• Flotation

• Magnetism

the process of removing one substance from another in a mixture using a sieve or sifter

• Sifting

• Filtration

• Evaporation

• Flotation

a type of mixture in which the particles of one material are scattered through another and block the passage of light without settling out

• Colloid

• Components

• Concentration

• Mixture

the parts of a mixture

• Components

• Concentration

• Colloid

• Solvent

the ratio of solute to solvent in a solution (mass per unit volume)

• Concentration

• Components

• Colloid

• Sifting

the maximum amount of a substance that can be dissolved by another substance

• Solubility

• Solvent

• Solute

• Solution

the substance in which the solute is dissolved

• Solvent

• Solute

• Solution

• Mixture