The Pictures Show Tools That Can Be Used for Separating Mixtures Which Mixture Is Paired With the Best Tool for Separati

James wants to seperate the salt from the water in his glass of salt water. What seperation method should James use?

• Magnets

• Evaporation

• Filter

• Using his hands

What item could a magnet separate from a mixture of garbage?

• Old metal fork

• An apple core

• Pieces of paper

• A juice can

What mixture could you use this tool to best separate that mixture?

• Sugar and Salt

• Sand and rocks

• Apples and grapes

The mixture shown here -

• Maintains its physical properties when combined

• Dissolves after being stirred together

• Will evaporate after a certain period of time

• Cannot be separated into ingredients

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

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

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

• a filter funnel

• a sieve

• an evaporating basin

• a distillation

The best way to separate trail mix would be:

• filter

• by hand

• sieve

• evaporation

What tool is this?

• sieve

• filter

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

• sieve

• filter

If I have a mixture of peanuts and nails, which would be the BEST tool to separate them?

• filter

• magnet

• sieve

• by hand