SEPARATION OF MIXTURES

1. Sand and gravel may be separated from each other through using
a. A filter funnels
b. An evaporating basin
c. A sieve
d. A distillation
2. Which of the following pairs of substances may best be separated through distillation?
a. Sand and soil
b. Salt and sand
c. Water and soil
d. Water and alcohol
3. Which one of the following techniques would be best to be used to separate soil and
water?
a. Decanting
b. Filtration
c. Distillation
d. Chromatography
4. Which one of the following solids is insoluble in water?
a. Sugar
b. Copper sulfate
c. Sand
d. Salt
5. Sodium chloride can be separated from rock salt by first adding water to the mixture to
dissolve the sodium chloride. The separation then takes place in two stages:
a. Evaporation followed by filtration
b. Filtration followed by evaporation
c. Distillation followed by decanting
d. Filtration followed by decanting
6. Two or more substances mingled together, but not chemically combined are known as a
a. Residue
b. Distillate
c. Solution
d. Mixture
7. The separation technique that involves heating a solution until the liquid changes into a
gaseous state, leaving behind a solid is known as
a. Decanting
b. Loading
c. Evaporation
d. Chromatography
8. In the process of evaporation, which one of the following pieces of laboratory apparatus
would NOT be used?
a. Filter tunnel
b. Evaporating basin
c. Bunsen burner
d. Wire gauze
9. In a coffee machine, the ground coffee is separated from the coffee solution by using.
a. Sand paper
b. Toilet paper
c. Filter paper
d. Tissue paper
10. Which one of the following would you use to separate sand from iron fillings?
a. A bar magnet
b. Chromatography paper
c. Filter paper
d. Alum
11. Water and alcohol are easily separated by distillation because of their…
a. Different melting points
b. Different densities
c. Different colours
d. Different boiling points
12. Which one of the following is NOT a mixture?
a. Sugar
b. Crude oil
c. Paint
d. Air
13. Liquids that do not mix may be separated by using…
a. An evaporating dish
b. A loading
c. A separating funnel
d. A sediment
14. Salt and water are?
a. Compound
b. Element
c. Mixture
d. Solute
15. THE SUBSTANCE THAT CAN BE SEPARATED BY PHYSICAL METHODS
a. ELEMENTS
b. COMPOUNDS
c. MIXTURES
16. Separation of iron fillings from sand can be done by a use of_____.
a. funnel
b. filter
c. magnet
d. sieve
17. The components of solid-solid mixture can be separated by____.
a. flotation
b. hand picking
c. picking
d. sifting