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Separation Techniques

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name of this separation technique?

a)

Simple distillation

b)

Fractional distillation

c)

Boiling

d)

Evaporation

2.

What is the name of this separation technique?

a)

distillation

b)

filtration

c)

evaporation

d)

chromatography

3.

Which separation technique is used to obtain salt from seawater?

a)

Simple distillation

b)

Filtration

c)

Chromatography

d)

Evaporation

4.
Which one of the following is the name for separation technique in the picture below
a)
distillation
b)
dissolving
c)
evaporation
d)
decanting
5.

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

a)

dissolved

b)

soluble

c)

insoluble

d)

aqueous

6.
Which technique is shown the diagram below
a)
seiving
b)
filtration
c)
decanting
d)
crystallization
7.

Name the separation technique

a)

Centrifuge

b)

Crystallisation

c)

Distillation

d)

Evaporation

8.

Name the separation technique

a)

Distillation

b)

Crystallisation

c)

Evaporation

d)

Condensation

9.

Name the separation technique

a)

Filtration

b)

Evaporation

c)

Distillation

d)

Separation

10.

True or false: Magnets can be used to separate iron filings from sand

a)

True

b)

False

11.

True or false: Decanting is a technique that can be used to separate a salt water solution

a)

True

b)

False

12.

The image shows a mixture of concrete nails and saw dusts. What technique is best to use to separate the nails from the saw dusts?

a)

sieving

b)

chromatography

c)

decantation

d)

magnetic separation

13.

Which is not a separation technique?

a)

Filtrating

b)

Distillating

c)

Evaporating

d)

Dissolving

14.

Which tool could you use to separate large and small particles?

a)

A sieve

b)

A distillation flask

c)

Chromatography

d)

Evaporating basin

15.

The separation technique being used is

a)

Decanting

b)

Filtering

c)

Evaporation

d)

Distillation

16.
Name the separation method that causes wet clothes on a clothes line to dry
a)
Chromatography
b)
Filtration
c)
Distillation
d)
Evaporation
17.
Sand and gravel may be separated from each other through using..
a)
a filter funnel
b)
a sieve
c)
an evaporating basin
d)
a distillation
18.
Which one of the following techniques would best be used to separate soil and water?
a)
Decanting
b)
distillation
c)
Filtration
d)
Chromatography