Quiz about Mixtures Quiz

Question 1

What do you call a combination of 2 or more substances that CAN be easily separated?

Accepted Answer

mixture

Answer

solution

Answer

solid

Question 2

What do you call a combination of 2 or more substances that CANNOT be easily separated?

Accepted Answer

solution

Answer

liquid

Answer

mixture

Question 3

Which of these is a mixture?

Accepted Answer

bowl of Halloween candy

Answer

lemonade

Answer

salt water

Answer

coffee

Question 4

Which of these is a solution?

Accepted Answer

tea

Answer

chex mix

Answer

salad

Answer

bowl of cereal

Question 5

Is this a mixture, solution, or neither?

Accepted Answer

mixture

Answer

solution

Answer

neither

Question 6

Is this a mixture, solution, or neither?

Accepted Answer

neither

Answer

mixture

Answer

solution

Question 7

Is this a mixture, solution, or neither?

Accepted Answer

solution

Answer

mixture

Answer

neither

Question 8

Is this a mixture, solution, or neither?

Accepted Answer

mixture

Answer

solution

Answer

neither

Question 9

Which of these is NOT a tool you can use to separate a mixture?

Accepted Answer

Balance

Answer

Magnet

Answer

Sieve

Answer

Filter

Question 10

If you made a mixture of sand and iron fillings, what physical property of these ingredients could you use to separate them?

Accepted Answer

magnetism

Answer

texture

Answer

sinking and floating

Answer

temperature

Question 11

Another mixture has popsicle sticks, paperclips, and marbles all combined in a large bowl. Which tool can they use to easily pick out all the popsicle sticks?

Accepted Answer

Hands

Answer

Filter

Answer

Magnet

Answer

Balance

Question 12

Kalia orders a salad at a restaurant.  The salad includes onions, which she does not like.  How can Kalia separate the onions out of her salad?

Accepted Answer

Kalia could use a fork.

Answer

Kalia could use a magnet.

Answer

Kalia could use a filter.

Answer

Kalia cannot separate the onions.

Question 13

Jen is making pasta for dinner.  First, she boils the pasta in water.  Once the pasta is cooked, Jen pours it through a colander.  Why does Jen use the colander?

Accepted Answer

To separate the pasta from the water.

Answer

To keep the pasta and water together.

Answer

To add flavor to the pasta.

Answer

This will cook it more for her.

Question 14

Joe is making a sand castle on the beach.  A wave comes up and mixes with his castle.  What is Joe's mixture made of? (2 possible answers)

Accepted Answer

water

Accepted Answer

sand

Answer

metal

Answer

sugar

Question 15

Joe is making a sand castle on the beach. A wave comes up and mixes with his castle. What is the property (state of matter) of the substances in Joe's mixture?

Accepted Answer

solid and liquid

Answer

solid and solid

Answer

liquid and gas

Answer

gas and solid

Question 16

Joe is making a sand castle on the beach. A wave comes up and mixes with his castle. How could Joe separate his mixture?

Accepted Answer

Joe could use a sieve.

Answer

Joe could use a magnet.

Answer

Joe could use his hands.

Answer

He can't, because it's a solution.

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