Separation of Mixtures

What is a mixture made up of?

• Two or more substances

• Alway only two substance

• Only one substance

• Any kind of substances

How does filtration separate a mixture?

• By separating with your hands

• By running the mixture through a filter and removing a solid from a liquid

• By evaporating

• Pouring off

How does evaporation separate a mixture?

• Pouring the mixture through a filter

• Separating materials by hand

• Evaporating the liquid part of the solution, leaving the solid part behind

• Pouring off

How does sorting separate a mixture?

• By boiling the mixture until only the solid part is left

• Pouring off

• Separating two materials by hand based on physical properties

• Filtering

How does pouring off separate a mixture?

• Separating materials by hand based on physical properties

• Filtering

• The liquid on top is carefully poured off into a different container. The liquid is left behind.

• Evaporating the liquid so the solid is all that is left

How does sifting separate a mixture?

• It is a form of filtering solids from one another based on particle size.

• pouring off, leaving the liquid

• separating by hand by physical properties

• boiling, leaving only the solid

What is an example of separating using magnetism?

• making coffee

• separating different colored jelly beans

• separating sand from rocks on the river bank

• separating sand and iron fillings

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How can you use settling to separate a mixture?

• filtering, such as making coffee

• sifting through the liquids

• solid particles float in a liquid by allowing heavier particles to settle to the bottom

• boiling, leaving only the solid behind

What is an example of separating a mixture by evaporation?

• separating salt and water

• separating oil and water

• separating sand and rocks

• separating by hand by physical characteristics

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What would be an example of using sorting to separate a mixture?

• making coffee

• separating sand and water

• separating jelly beans by color

• oil and water