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WorksheetsSeparating Things
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
1. To separate a mixture of salt and water what separation tool/method is used?
Filter Cu
Sieve Al
Magnet K
Evaporation Pb
2. If you spilled nails in a sandpit, what separation tool/method could you use to clean out the sandpit so it would be safe for children to play in?
Filter Cu
Screen K
Magnet Pb
Evaporation Al
3. Which of the following is a method of separating solutions?
hand separation Cu
filtering Pb
screening Al
evaporation K
4. What tool is this?
sieve Cu
filter Al
decanter K
consecutive sieve Pb
5. This type of paper allows liquid to pass through it. What tool is it?
sieve Cu
filter K
tracing Pb
baking Al
6. Which of these materials are attracted to a magnet
iron filings Al
sand K
rocks Cu
wood Pb
7. If I pour sand and water onto a filter, what will happen?
water and sand will go through the filter 1
sand will get caught in the filter, water will pass through 2
both sand and water will get caught in the filter 3
8. What will allow more solute to be dissolved in a solvent.
adding more solute 1
stiring 2
cooling solution 3
heat 4
9. Combination of two or more pure substances that are not chemically combined
compound 1
atom 2
mixture 3
element 4
10. Which mixture could you separate by adding water and then pouring through a coffee filter?
sand and salt, because the salt would dissolve and the sand would not 1
baking soda and salt, because they both dissolve 2
sugar and salt, because they both dissolve 3
iron fillings and sand, because neither one dissolves 3
11. If you wanted to separate salt from a lot of water, what do you think would be the best way to do it?
Boil the water so that only the salt remains ?
add food dye to the solution so you can see where the water is &
Use a magnet to get the salt out #
Use a sifter or coffee filter to filter it out @
12. A student pours a mixture of sand and saltwater through a filter into a beaker. What will the student find in the filter?
salt and water ?
salt @
sand and salt !
sand =
13. Which one of the following techniques would best be used to separate soil and water?
crystallization =
distillation ?
Filtration @
decanting !
