TXTBK + QUALAS LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET No.

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in SCIENCE 7
Text book-based instruction paired with
MELC-Based Quality Assured Learner’s Quarter 1 Week 5
Activity Sheet (LAS)

Name: _____________________________ Grade and Section: ________________________

Teacher: ___________________________ Date Submitted: ___________________________

MELC 3: Distinguish mixtures from substances based on a set of properties

Lesson/Topic: Substances
Reference/Source: Science 7 Learner’s Material Page No.17-26

Objective/Subtask: Identify substances based on their properties.

Activity No.: 1 Title: identifying substances
Day: 1&2
SUBSTANCES AND THEIR PROPERTIES
A substance is matter which has a specific composition and specific properties. Every pure element is
a substance. Every pure compound is a substance. Pure substances are further classified as elements
and compounds. An element is a substance that consists of only one type or kind of atom. An element is a
pure substance as it cannot be broken down or transformed into a new substance even by using some
physical or chemical means. Elements are mostly metals, non-metals, or metalloids. Compounds, on the
other hand, are also pure substances when two or more elements are combined chemically in a fixed
ratio. However, these substances can be broken down into separate elements by chemical methods.

Examples of substances: Iron is an element and hence is also a substance. Methane is a compound and
hence is also a substance.

Examples of non-substances: Salt water is not a substance. It is a mixture of two substances - sodium
chloride and water. Its composition and therefore its properties are not fixed. Gasoline is not a substance.
It is a mixture of hydrocarbons and, depending on the composition of the gasoline mixture, gasoline's
properties can vary.

Properties of Pure Substances

• Has a fixed composition
• Cannot be separated into simpler substances by physical changes
• Only changed Chemically
• Properties do not change.
• Water is a pure substance

Directions: Identify if the following based on the given property. Write substance if it manifest a property of
a substance, Not a substance if it does not.
_S_________________1. Chloride, an element has is fixed composition.
__S_________________2. A brine can be separated physically through a process called distillatilation.
___NAS________________3. Halo-halo is made up of more than 2 component.
____S________________4. Carbon dioxide, is made up of carbon and oxygen bonded chemically.
___S_________________5. an element, after bonding don’t change its properties.
______S______________6. Bleach is made up of 2 or more components that can be separated physically.
_______S_____________7. Gold has a fixed composition.

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Filtration
This method is used to separate small,
insoluble solid particles dispersed or suspended in
a liquid medium and the suspended particles are
passed through a filter or sieve.
https://eschooltoday.com/learn/what-is-filtration/

Evaporation
To separate dissolved solids from a liquid
solution, you can simply heat the solution until all
the water or liquid evaporates, leaving the solid
behind. This process is called evaporation to
dryness.

https://classnotes.org.in/class-9/matter-in-our-surrounding/evaporation/

Distillation
This method involves heating the solution
until it oils and then condensin g the vapor back to
liquid form in a separate container. Pure water can
be distilled from a salt solution using distillation.
The extracted liquid from distillation process is
called a distillate.

http://inside-pharma.blogspot.com/2014/06/distillation-and-its-types.html

Chromatography
It i s a board range of physical methods
used to separate and identify the components of
a mixture.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_chromatography#/media/File:Chromatography_tank.png

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Directions: Picture analysis. Identify the separation technique used in the following pictures below.
Separation Technique
Decanting Separation

Filtration

Mechanical Separation

Evaporation

Distillation