Types of Mixtures Quiz

Milk is a

• solution

• suspension

• colloid

• Homogeneous mixture

Sand floating in water, but most of the sand is settled at the bottom this an example of which type of mixture?

• A solution

• A colloid

• A suspension

• A compound

A mixture of copper sulphate and water is

• heterogeneous and shows Tyndall effect

• homogeneous and shows Tyndall effect

• heterogeneous and does not show Tyndall effect

• homogeneous and does not show Tyndall effect

Which statement below does NOT describe a colloid?

• A colloid is a type of heterogeneous mixture

• A colloid do not show tyndall effect.

• The particles in a colloid do not settle like they do in a suspension.

• The particles in a colloid do not dissolve – they are just too small to be seen.

How are suspensions and colloids different?

• Suspensions settle out and colloids do not settle.

• Colloids settle out and suspensions do not settle.

• Suspensions dissolve and colloids do not.

• Colloids dissolve and suspensions do not.