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Density and Separating Mixtures

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of tool is this?

a)

Sieve/Strainer

b)

Filter

c)

Magnet

d)

Settling

2.

Name this tool

a)

Sieve/Strainer

b)

Magnet

c)

Settling

d)

Filter

3.

When substances are combined as a mixture, _______________.

a)

they keep their physical properties

b)

their physical properties combine

c)

their physical properties change

d)

they lose some of their physical properties

4.

How to BEST separate pebbles and water?

a)

magnet

b)

hands

c)

tweezer

d)

strainer

5.

Which mixture can be separated using a paper filter?

a)

sand and iron filings

b)

saltwater

c)

sand and water

d)

none of the above

6.
Which one of the following would you use to separate sand from iron filings?
a)

magnet

b)

paper filter

c)

strainer

d)

evaporation

7.

Salt can be separated from water by using

a)

tweezers

b)

sieve

c)

magnet

d)

evaporation

8.

What tool can you use to BEST separate a mixture of sand and water?

a)
hands
b)

paper filter

c)
tweezers
d)

strainer

9.
What tool can you use to separate a mixture of rocks and sand the fastest? 
a)

strainer

b)
tweezers
c)
magnet
d)
hands
10.

What mixture could you use this tool to best separate that mixture?

a)

Sugar and Salt

b)

Sand and rocks

c)

Apples and grapes

11.

If you had a mixture of rocks and sand and needed to separate them what method would work best?

a)
b)
c)
d)
12.

A cup is filled with a mixture of water and gravel. Which method listed below could NOT be used to separate this mixture?

a)

Allow the water to evaporate

b)

Pour the mixture through a paper filter

c)

Pour the mixture through a wire strainer

d)

Run a magnet through the mixture

13.

The best way to separate trail mix would be:

a)

filter

b)

by hand

c)

sieve

d)

evaporation

14.
A ____________________ can be used to remove certain objects made of metal from a mixture.
a)
Magnet
b)
Evaporation
c)
Chromatography
d)
Floatation
15.

Match the mixture with how to separate it.

a)

Sugar Water

1.

Evaporation

b)

Rocks and Sand

2.

Sieve

c)

Iron Filings and Sand

3.

Magnet

d)

Grapes and Strawberries

4.

By Hand

16.
Select the layers that are denser than milk.
17.
Select the layers that are less dense than water.
18.

Sort the following materials into "Soluble in Water" or "Not Soluble in Water."

Categorize the following

sugar

salt

chocolate syrup

Kool-Aid powder

oil

sand

plastic

wood
Solube in Water
Not Soluble in Water
19.

Place the changing phases of matter in the correct chronological order starting with evaporation.

a)

evaporation

b)

condensation

c)

precipitation

d)

freezing

1)
2)
3)
4)
20.

Select the item(s) that is

less dense than water.