Mixtures and Separation Techniques

Which one of the following techniques would best be used to separate soil and water?

• Decanting
• distillation
• Filtration
• Chromatography

Which one of the following solids is insoluble in water?

• sugar
• sand
• copper sulfate
• salt

Two or more substances combined together, but not chemically bonded are known as a

• residue

• solution

• distillate

• mixture

The separation technique that involves heating a solution until the liquid changes into a gaseous state, leaving behind a solid is known as

• decanting

• evaporation

• loading

• chromatography

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Salt dissolved in water.  
What method would you use to separate this mixture so that you can get the salt AND the water?

• sorting by hand
• distillation
• chromatography

A solution that contains a large amount of solute is best described as 

• unsaturated
• concentrated
• dilute
• weak

Which technique is shown the diagram below

• seiving
• filtration
• decanting
• crystallization

Sand and gravel may be separated from each other through using

• filtration

• magnetism

• evaporation

• sieving

Dyes in water soluble markers may be separated by means of

• Distillation
• Decanting
• Chromatography
• Centrifuge

Which one of the following is the name for separation technique in the picture below

• distillation
• dissolving
• evaporation
• decanting