SEPARATING MIXTURES

What technique is used when picking out large stones from rice by hand?

• Filtration

• Manual separation

• Chromatography

• Decantation

Which tool is used when separating iron nails from sand?

• Spoon

• Magnet

• Sieve

• Filter paper

What is used to separate mixtures with small and large solid particles?

• Magnet

• Heat

• Sieve

• Funnel

When filtering water and sand, which material stays on the filter paper?

• Water

• Sand

• Oil

• Salt

What separation technique lets liquid be poured away from solid without using a filter?

• Decantation

• Chromatography

• Manual separation

• Sieving

Which method is best to separate colored inks from a black marker?

• Filtration

• Chromatography

• Magnet

• Decantation

What happens during filtration?

• The solid and liquid are mixed

• The solid is melted

• The solid is trapped by filter paper

• The liquid turns into gas

What method is used to remove water from wet clothes using heat?

• Sieving

• Filtration

• Heating

• Magnet

Which is an example of using heat to separate mixtures?

• Boiling salt water to get salt

• Picking out leaves from water

• Using a magnet on pins

• Pouring oil from water

Why is a magnet used in separating mixtures?

• To make things stick

• To clean the mixture

• To attract magnetic materials

• To heat the mixture