Form 1 Chapter 6.2 Mixtures

What tool can be used to easily separate a mixture of iron and plastic paper clips?

• Beaker

• Strainer

• Balance Scale

• Magnet

What tools work best to separate mixtures?

• Triple Beam Balance, Hand Lens and a coffee filter

• Strainer and coffee filter ONLY

• Lenses, strainer, water and a collecting net

• Coffee Filter, Water, Magnet, Sieve and Strainer

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

• Filter
• Screen
• Magnet
• Evaporation

The best way to separate trail mix would be:

• filter

• by hand

• sieve

• 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

The mixture shown here -

• Maintains its physical properties when combined

• Dissolves after being stirred together

• Will evaporate after a certain period of time

• Cannot be separated into ingredients

If I have a mixture of wooden blocks and metal blocks. What is a fast way to separate them?

• relative density (put them in water)

• filter

• sieve

Which answer best shows a mixture that is not a solution?

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Which tools are best for separating a mixture of sand, iron filings, and water?

• hot plate and filter

• tweezers and filter

• filter and magnet

• magnet and hot plate

When you separate a mixture with water and one ingredient sinks and one ingredient floats the property you use is -

• evaporation
• density
• filtration
• magnetism