Mixtures Check

Describe what makes a mixture a mixture!

1.Which of the following is always true about mixtures? A mixture is always -

• heavier than other kinds of matter
• impossible to separate
• a solid combined with a liquid
• made of two or more materials

2. Which of the following would create a mixture?
(a)  

• Adding sand to gravel
• Stirring a container of water
• Heating a sample of salt
• Filling a beaker with ice

3. What would be the result of combining peanuts, raisins, and chocolate chips?
(a)  

• A mixture would be produced.
• A change of state would happen.
• Evaporation would take place.
• Heat would be generated.

4. What could you do to a container of gravel to make a mixture? (a)  

• pour it into another container.
• Add a spoonful of sand and stir.
• Put it outside in the Sun.
• Increase the temperature.

5. Which of these containers is holding a mixture?

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6. All of the following describe a process that makes a mixture EXCEPT –

• pouring sugar into a container of salt
• adding sand to gravel
• stirring two kinds of cereals together
• combining two glasses of water

7. There are four jars filled with different foods. The jar that contains a mixture is the jar that is filled with –

• Lemons and limes
• Cheez Its
• ice cubes
• Hershy Kisses

8. Students have a jar of pennies. How could they make a mixture with this?

• Seal the jar and shake it
• Pour the pennies onto the table.
• Add dimes, & quarters and stir them in.
• Stir in more pennies

9. A container of nuts is considered a mixture if the container -

• was filled to the top with all the same nuts
• increased in mass when nuts are added
• has enough room that the nuts can be stirred
• had two or more kinds of nuts in it