Separation of Mixtures, Comparing matter

If you spilled nails in a sandbox, what separation tool/method could you use to clean out the sandbox so it would be safe for children to play in?

• Filter

• Screen

• Magnet

• Evaporation

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

Sand and gravel may be separated from each other through using..

• a filter funnel

• a sieve

• an evaporating basin

• a distillation

This type of paper allows liquid to pass through it. What tool is it?

• sieve

• filter

Mixtures can be separated .......................

• Physically

• Chemically

Decantation is used to separate...

• a heavy insoluble solid from a liquid.

• a light insoluble solid from a suspension.

• salt from water

This method is useful in a pharmaceutical industry in determining the amount & types of each chemical in each product from a mixture.

• distillation

• chromatography

• sieving

• decantation

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Dyes in water soluble markers may be separated by means of..

• crystallization

• sublimation

• chromatography

• sedimentation

Which one of the following would you use to separate sand from iron filings?

• a bar magnet
• filter paper
• chromatography paper
• alum

To separate a mixture of soil and water what separation method is used?

• Filtration
• Distillation
• Chromatography
• Evaporation

To separate a mixture of salt and water what separation method is used?

• Filtration
• Distillation
• Chromatography
• Evaporation