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Separation Techniques

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name

Class

Date

Name the separation method that causes wet clothes on a clothes line to dry

Chromatography

Filtration

Distillation

Evaporation

What is the boiling point of water?

0^oC

100^oC

80^oC

95^oC

How can we separate an insoluble solid from a liquid?

chromatography

evaporation

filtration

condensation

The clear liquid which passes through the filter paper is called

filt

filter

filtrate

filtration

Which one of the following is NOT an example of a separation technique?

boiling an egg

fishing net

surgical mask

tea strainer

Which one of the following is the name for separation technique in the picture below

distillation

filtration

evaporation

chromatography

In the process of evaporation, which one of the following pieces of laboratory apparatus would NOT be used?

evaporating basin

filter funnel

bunsen burner

Wire gauze

Which one of the following would you use to separate sand from iron filings?

a bar magnet

filter paper

distillation apparatus

chromatography paper

Which separation technique is shown below

Evaporation

Simple Distillation

Decantation

Fractional Distilation

10.

Which separation technique is shown below

using a magnet

separating funnel

Centrifuging

Chromatography

11.

Which separation technique is shown below

filtration

crystallization

sublimation

evaporation

12.

This picture represents:

Element

Compound

Mixture of Elements

Mixture of Compounds

13.

Which of the following is a disadvantage of evaporation?

It always requires heat

It cannot be used for insoluble solids

All of the solute is recovered

The solvent (water) is not recovered

14.

A solution that contains a large amount of solute is best described as

unsaturated

concentrated

dilute

weak

15.

The diagram shows the apparatus for separating soil and water. What are the labelled parts?

A = distillate, B = filtrate

A = filtrate, B = residue

A = residue, B = filtrate

A = residue, B = distillate

16.

No matter what you do, sand will not dissolve in water, sand is _________ ?

dissolved

soluble

insoluble

aqueous

17.

Evaporation is a process that removes a...

solvent (liquid part of solution)

solute (material that dissolves in the solvent)

distillate (liquid collected after a solution is distilled)

impurity

18.

Filtration can be used to separate...

an insoluble solid from a solution

a soluble solid from a solution

a dissolved solid from a solution

19.

An example of a mixture is

Water and oil

Cereal and Milk

Sand and water

All of the above

20.

You've got copper sulfate pentahydrate dissolved in water and you want to get rid of the water and get crystals. What's the suitable separation technique?

sieving

decanting

crystallization

distillation

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Separation Techniques

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 24mins

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