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Mixtures and Separation Techniques

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A mixture of two liquids can be said to be _________.

a)

soluble or insoluble

b)

miscible or immiscible

2.

When a solid and liquid substances are combined together, a ______ is formed.

a)

problem

b)

portion

c)

solution

3.

When a solid dissolves in water, that solution is said to be _______.

a)

soluble

b)

insoluble

4.

When Ariana and Janice were done playing tag, they were tired and needed a sugar solution. So they put five cubes of sugar into their cups of water. What kind of solution did they form?

a)

miscible

b)

soluble

c)

insoluble

d)

immiscible

5.

Ikwuemose loves wine. But when he opened his bottle of wine, he realized it was too sweet. So he diluted it with water. What kind of mixture did he form?

a)

soluble

b)

insoluble

c)

miscible

d)

immiscible

6.

Esther is hungry and she decided to drink garri. She poured a cup of garri in her cereal bowl and poured water into it. Leaving it on the table, she went into the kitchen to get the sugar bowl. By the time she returned, the garri _________.

a)

was floating in the bowl

b)

was moving around the bowl

c)

had dissolved in the water

d)

had settled at the bottom of the bowl

7.

What kind of mixture did Esther make?

a)

soluble

b)

insoluble

c)

miscible

d)

immiscible

8.

Moyin wants to bake cup cakes. But when she brought out the flour from the cupboard, she realized that her twin brother Moyo had emptied his coco pops into the flour container. What method of separation will Moyin use to separate the mixture?

a)

seiving

b)

filtration

c)

decantation

d)

use of magnet

9.

Kitan and Abdurrahman have a mixture of sand and iron filing. How on earth are they going to separate them because the iron filing looks just like sand. By _____.

a)

filtration

b)

decantation

c)

use of magnet

d)

hand picking

10.

Kendra, Titobi, Nichole and Somkenechi have a jar of multi coloured gum balls. Kendra wanted the red ones, Titobi wanted the green ones, Nichole wanted the yellow ones, and Somokenechi wanted the blue ones. How are they going to separate the gum balls?

a)

by decantation

b)

by hand picking

c)

by sieving

d)

by use of magnet

11.

Reuben and Nicholas went to the beach and decided to build a sand castle. In a small bucket, they had a mixture of sand and water. How are they to separate the sand from the water?

a)

by filtration

b)

by seiving

c)

by decantation

d)

by hand picking

12.

Eliora and Rosario wanted to make pancakes and added too much water to the flour. How are they going to separate the flour from the water?

a)

by decantation

b)

by filtration

c)

by use of magnets

d)

by seiving

13.

Rhea and Neomi have a bowl of green and purple grapes. How can the separate them, because Rhea wants the green ones and Neomi the purple ones?

a)

by seiving

b)

by use of magnet

c)

by filtration

d)

by hand picking

14.

Orobosa mistakingly poured oil in his bowl of water. What kind of mixture does he have?

a)

miscible

b)

immiscible

c)

soluble

d)

insoluble

15.

What liquid can he add to his water and oil mixture to force them to mix?

a)

juice

b)

milk

c)

soap

d)

honey

16.

What type of separation technique is this?

a)

decantation

b)

sieving

c)

use of magnet

d)

handpicking

17.

What type of separation technique is this?

a)

seiving

b)

handpicking

c)

decantation

d)

use of magnet

18.

What type of separation technique is this?

a)

use of magnet

b)

seiving

c)

handpicking

d)

decantation