Separating Mixtures

Which one of the following would you use to separate sand from iron filings?

• a bar magnet
• filter paper
• chromatography paper
• alum

Iron fillings can be separated from iron and Sulphur mixture by

• sedementation
• heating
• magnetic attraction
• seiving

Nicole wants to dissolve a substance in water. Which substance will dissolve the easiest?

• Rocks

• sugar

• pepper

• sand

What change occurs when cook pancakes for breakfast?

• Physical Change

• No change

• Chemical Change

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

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

• Sugar and Salt

• Sand and rocks

• Apples and grapes

Sand and clay is an example of a mixture of solids.

• True
• False

The air around was is  a mixture of gases.

• True
• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A mixtures is a combination of two or more____________ in which no new kinds of matter are formed.

•  subtances
• parts
• leaves
• pebbles

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

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NGSS.3-PS2-4

Sand and gravel may be separated from each other through using..

• a filter funnel

• a sieve

• an evaporating basin

• a distillation