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keep it simple science Worksheet 1 Mixtures
Fill in the blank spaces Student Name.............................................
A pure substance is something that is Match the Lists
entirely made up of a)..................................... For each definition, write the letter (A,B,C, etc) of
that are b)............................ to each other. the matching List Item.
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Worksheet 3 Student Name......................................
Separating Mixtures
Choose the best method to achieve the separation described
Which method of separation would you 6. sawdust, which has been mixed with sand?
use, if you want to collect...
..................................................
1. some sugar from a sugar solution? 7. copper oxide, from a suspension in water?
.......................................... ..................................................
2. rice grains, which have accidentally 8. pure water from a solution of copper sulfate.
been mixed with flour?
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3. some pure water from salty water? 9. the steel buttons that are mixed in with
plastic buttons?
.......................................... ..................................................
4. some salt from salty water? 10. clear water from a mixture containing
insoluble solids.
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5. some clear water from muddy water? ..................................................
...................................................
Methods of Separation
1. 2. Fred is learning to cook, but hes better
A student was given a mixture containing at Science than cookery. Hes accidentally
copper oxide (insoluble) and copper mixed the icing sugar with the corn flour
sulfate (soluble) and asked to separate and spilled some raw rice grains into it as
them. Firstly, she stirred the mixture into well. (Icing sugar and cornflour are both fine
water, then filtered it. Next, she evaporated powders. Icing sugar is soluble, cornflour is not.)
the filtrate. To separate this mess, he firstly sieved it.
What went through the sieve he stirred
a) What substance was the residue in the into water, and let it stand overnight. In
filtration? the morning a sediment had formed. He
......................................... carefully poured the clear liquid into a
b) Describe what the filtrate was. tray and put it into the warm oven to
evaporate.
....................................................................
c) What difference in properties allows a) What was caught by the sieve?
substances to be separated by filtration? ....................................
b) What difference in properties allows
.................................................................... substances to be separated by sieving?
d) What substance was collected by
evaporation? ......................................... ....................................................................
c) What was the sediment? ........................
e) What difference in properties allowed
d) What solid will be in the oven tray
this separation? ...................................... when dry? .......................................
f) The copper sulfate collected was found e) What other method might Fred have
to be impure. What process could be used used to collect the substance which
to purify it? ............................................... was a sediment? ....................................
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Student Name.............................................
Flowcharts of Separations
Example Problem 2
The following diagram is a flowchart of the A mixture of pebbles, fine sand and salt was sieved. What
method used to separate the mixture passed through the sieve was mixed with water and
described in Worksheet 4, Question 1. allowed to stand. A sediment formed. The clear liquid was
poured off and evaporated. The sediment was also dried.
Study it to get the idea, then try to make Use a flowchart to show the procedure
your own flowcharts for the separations and what was collected.
described.
Mixture of copper oxide
and copper sulfate
Residue
Filter copper oxide
Filtrate
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Worksheet 6
Student Name.............................................
Carry out research on some of the industries and occupations which include the
separation of substances. Report your findings in a simple table as shown.
The table shows some suggested industrial processes to research. Your teacher might
request changes to these and/or add more.
example
Salt production Evaporation Collect salt from Plant operator.
sea water Bulldozer driver.
Sugar refining
Sewage
treatment
Flour milling
Recycling old
car bodies
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Topic Test
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Mixtures 3. (5 marks)
What substance would be collected if:
Answer all questions
in the spaces provided. a) you kept the filtrate after filtering a suspension
of sand in water?
1. (8 marks)
For each pair of items, state clearly what is
the difference between them. b) salt water is distilled?
4. (5 marks)
A mixture of sand, salt and sawdust was stirred
d) a dilute solution and a concentrated into water and the mixture was allowed to stand.
solution a) How might you collect pure sawdust?
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Worksheet 1 Worksheet 5
a) particles b) identical 1. Mixture dirty,
c) mixture d) gases salty water
e) water and salt f) minerals
g) Natural h) wool, cotton
Residue
i) water, sand j) made Filter
dirt
Worksheet 3
1. evaporation 6. flotation in water Stir into water Sediment dried
2. sieving 7. filtration
3. distillation 8. distillation
4. evaporation 9. magnetic attraction
5. filtration 10. filtration Liquid sand
evaporated
Worksheet 4 salt
1.
a) copper oxide 3. Mixture of salt,
b) A solution of copper sulfate water & chalk
c) Particle size
d) Solid copper sulfate
Filtration Dried residue.
e) Boiling points Chalk
f) Crystallisation
2. Filtrate
a) Rice
b) Particle size
c) Corn flour
d) Icing sugar (or just sugar)
Evaporation Distillation
e) Filtration
salt water
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Answer Section cont.
Topic Test 2.
1. a) T e) F
a) A pure substance is made up of b) T f) T
particles which are all identical. c) F g) F
A mixture contains different particles d) F h) F
(which are not chemically combined).
3.
b) In a solution the solute is dissolved, a) water
and will never separate by sedimentation. b) water
In a suspension the solid is not dissolved c) pure copper sulfate
and will form a sediment (or float). d) nothing
e) dirt
c) A solvent is the liquid part of a solution,
while a solute is the dissolved substance. 4.
a) It floats, so scoop it off and dry it
d) a dilute solution has a very small b) sand
amount of solute, while a concentrated c) i) water
solution has a large amount of solute. ii) salt
iii) difference in boiling points
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