Separating substance

A combination of 2 or more substances that cannot be easily separated is called...

• a mixture

• a solution

• a solute

• a solvent

Water and Kool-Aid are mixed together. Hot water, coffee and sugar are mixed together. Which substance is the solvent in both?

• Water

• Coffee

• Kool-aid

• Sugar

What is a substance that is dissolved in another substance?

• solution

• solute

• solvent

• compound

Which of the following is a method of separating solutions?

• hand separation

• filtering

• screening

• evaporation

To separate a mixture of salt and water what separation tool/method is used?

• Filter

• Screen

• Magnet

• Evaporation

If you spilled nails in a sandbox, what separation tool/method could you use to clean out the sandbox so it would be safe for children to play in?

• Filter

• Screen

• Magnet

• Evaporation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-3

Filtration and evaporation are...

• A mixture of two substances.

• A homogeneous mixture.

• Methods to separate the components of mixtures.

• A physical combination.

• heterogeneous mixture
• homogeneous mixture

• heterogeneous mixture
• homogeneous mixture

• heterogeneous mixture
• homogeneous mixture