Science: 2.3: Separating Matter

The smallest units of ALL matter, also known as "the building blocks of matter," are called what? (MUST BE SPELLED CORRECTLY)

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Mr. Stincer is so sweet that he likes extra sugar in his coffee. He put coffee and sugar in the coffee filter, and ran it through the coffee machine. Is his coffee now sweetened?

• No, only the coffee will pass through the filter, and the sugar will be left behind.

• No, the sugar will not dissolve without stirring.

• Yes, the sugar will dissolve because the water passing through the filter was hot, dissolving the sugar particles.

• Yes, the water will be sweet, because coffee by itself is sweet and the sugar will not need to be dissolved through the filter.

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What would be the best way to separate sugar from a mixture of beach sand and sugar?

• Use a magnet, because sugar has metal in it.

• Place the mixture in a filter over a container, and run cold water through it.

• Place the mixture in a filter over a container, and run hot water through it.

• Place the mixture in a sieve to separate the different sized granules.

What would be the BEST tool to use to separate staples from a mixture of staples, markers, crayons, and glue sticks?

• Use a magnet

• Use a set of tweezers

• Use a filter

• Use a sieve

Pile 1: basketball, marble, Earth

Pile 2: overdue library book, cell phone, Cheerios box

Pile 3: Rubix cube, Minecraft block, dice

What physical property are these piles separated by?

• Mass

• Size

• Shape

• Color

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Pile 1: The ocean, The sky, Mr. Fulmer's eyes

Pile 2: The window, clean water, clean air

Pile 3: chocolate, tree bark, dirt

What physical property are these things separated by?

• color

• hardness

• magnetism

• shape

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US coins all have a different mass, which you could sort them by with a balance scale or triple beam balance, but that would take time. You could sort them by color, but all the coins are silver except for the penny. They also can be sorted by ___________, with a coin sorting machine (as shown in class). It would kick out any that were too big or too small (like fake coins or sometimes coins from another country.)

Mrs. Scott likes to boost the immune system of her children, so she makes ScooterAid. She adds sugar, KoolAid, dirt from her garden, and meyer lemon juice together in a mixture. She then runs it through a filter with water. What would be left behind in the filter? (Choose only one answer)

• Sugar

• KoolAid

• dirt from her garden

• meyer lemon juice

• water

H20 is a ____________, whereas hydrogen is an _____________.

• atom; gas

• liquid; compound

• compound; atom

• atom; compound

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Mrs. Butts was eating her Lucky Charms, eating all the cereal pieces first and leaving all the marshmallows. She noticed something strange. All the marshmallow pieces seemed to attract to one another, almost magnetically. She then noticed that a magnet would somewhat attract the marshmallows. What two elements (atoms) were added to the cereal? Choose two.

• magnesium

• protein

• extra sugar

• iron

• calcium

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