Identify Mixtures Quiz

Match the following mixture to the method that is best to separate: glass and plastic beads.

• Magnetism

• Filtration

• Evaporation

• Relative Density

Identify each mixture that is a solution.

• Honey and water

• Water, lemon juice and sugar

• Salt, pepper and water

• Gravel and sand

A student stirs 15 grams of each substance listed below into 200 milliliters of water to form four different mixtures. Which mixture can the student separate most easily with the strainer?

• Gravel and water

• Salt and water

• Shampoo and water

• Sugar and water

A student combined powdered paint with water to make a small amount of a blue liquid paint mixture. What most likely happened to the mixture after several days?

• The container was empty after the mixture evaporated into the air.

• The paint evaporated, leaving only clear water in the container.

• The liquid paint mixture was lighter in color after some water evaporated.

• The water evaporated, leaving only a dry blue solid in the container.

Which method is best to separate pepper and iron filings?

• Filtration

• Evaporation

• Magnetism

• Decantation

What is the best method to separate water and salt?

• Filtration

• Evaporation

• Magnetism

• Sifting

Which mixture can be separated using magnetism?

• Water and oil

• Sand and shells

• Sugar and water

• Pepper and iron filings