Year 8 Revision Booklet

Separating Techniques
 How to use this booklet
This booklet is a complete guide to revision of the topic separating techniques.

You will find the graded rubric with links to revision videos and Seneca Tasks

(https://senecalearning.com/ ). These resources provided a full review of the content studied.

Students have all been introduced to Seneca through their class teacher.

There are keywords with meanings, “Test yourself activities” and answers.

Finally, you will find exemplar exam questions with answers provided.

For any queries, please contact gavin.smith@regents-pattaya.co.th

Use the drop down menu in the Biology

Example of graded rubric section in Seneca to find tasks

These are hyperlinks to the revision videos

If the video hyperlinks do not work, please use the below:

Revision video Web address

Revision Monkey: Chromatography
Revision Monkey: Distillation
Revision Monkey: Factors Affecting Solubility
Revision Monkey: Atoms, Elements Compounds and
Mixtures
Revision Monkey: Filtration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBb0aWXhArk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CK1KVYLIGRE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpueIGLkrKM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14BEh2EKrM0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuC3HJkj6uo

Seneca Link
app.senecalearning.com/dashboard/class/d9wluv4s4h/assignments/assignment/dc460573-
0efb-46d0-a079-3483e69d0171

SEPARATING TECHNIQUES Review Videos Seneca Task

7 I can use the particle model to explain what happens when Revision Monkey: Chromatography 2.1.9. Chromatography
things are heated and when the different colours in ink
separate during chromatography.

7 I can suggest a combination of methods to separate a Revision Monkey: Chromatography 2.1.9. Chromatography
complex mixture and justify the choices.

7 I can analyse and interpret solubility curves. Revision Monkey: Factors Affecting Solubility

7 I can use evidence from chromatography to identify Revision Monkey: Chromatography 2.1.9. Chromatography
unknown substances in mixtures.

7 I can explain why mass is conserved. E.g., what happens Revision Monkey: Factors Affecting Solubility 2.1.10 Solubility
to the mass of a solution when salt is added to water (and
why?)

6 I can begin to describe what happens to the particles when Revision Monkey: Factors Affecting Solubility 2.1.10 Solubility
a solid dissolves in a liquid.

6 I can describe how mixtures can be separated by Revision Monkey: Distillation 2.1.8 Separating Techniques
distillation.

5 I can explain what a saturated solution is. Revision Monkey: Factors Affecting Solubility 2.1.10 Solubility

5 I can use evidence from chromatography to identify Revision Monkey: Chromatography 2.1.9. Chromatography
unknown substances in mixtures.

5 I know how to tell if a substance is pure or if it is a Revision Monkey: Atoms, Elements Compounds and 2.1.7. Purity of Substances
mixture. Mixtures

4 I can describe how different colours can be separated from Revision Monkey: Chromatography 2.1.9. Chromatography
some inks.

4 I can describe how pure water can be obtained from sea Revision Monkey: Distillation 2.1.8 Separating Techniques
water.

4 I can describe how impurities may affect boiling and Revision Monkey: Distillation 2.1.8 Separating Techniques
melting points of impure substances

4 I can choose the most suitable technique to separate out a Revision Monkey: Chromatography 2.1.9. Chromatography
mixture of substances.

3 I can describe a pure substance as consisting of only one Revision Monkey: Factors Affecting Solubility 2.1.10 Solubility
type of element or compound and having a fixed melting
and boiling point.

3 Name at least three insoluble solids. Revision Monkey: Factors Affecting Solubility 2.1.10 Solubility

3 Name at least three soluble solids. Revision Monkey: Factors Affecting Solubility 2.1.10 Solubility

3 Suggest some factors that might affect how quickly solids Revision Monkey: Factors Affecting Solubility 2.1.10 Solubility
will dissolve

2 I can state that mixtures may be separated due to Revision Monkey: Distillation 2.1.8 Separating Techniques
differences in their physical properties and suggest
appropriate separation technique.

2 Know how to get a solid that does not dissolve back out of Revision Monkey: Filtration 2.1.8 Separating Techniques
a solution.

2 Know how to get a dissolved solid back out of a solution. Revision Monkey: Distillation 2.1.8 Separating Techniques

2 I can identify techniques to separate mixtures such as Revision Monkey: Filtration 2.1.8 Separating Techniques
filtration, sieving, evaporation, and crystallization.

2 I can list the equipment needed for filtration, evaporation Revision Monkey: Distillation 2.1.8 Separating Techniques
and distillation.

1 I can identify different mixtures. Revision Monkey: Atoms, Elements Compounds and 2.1.7. Purity of Substances
Mixtures

1 I can state that liquids have different boiling points. Revision Monkey: Distillation 2.1.8 Separating Techniques

Learn these Keywords

Keyword Meaning

Solvent A substance, normally a liquid, that dissolves another

substance.
Solute A substance that can dissolve in a liquid.

Dissolve When a solute mixes completely with a solvent.

Solution Mixture formed when a solvent dissolves a solute.

Soluble Property of a substance that will (will not) dissolve in a

(insoluble) liquid.
Solubility Maximum mass of solute that dissolves in a certain volume of
solvent.
Pure substance Single type of material with nothing mixed in.

Mixture Two or more pure substances mixed together, whose

properties are different to the individual substances.
Filtration Separating substances using a filter to produce a filtrate
(solution) and residue.
Distillation Separating substances by boiling and condensing liquids.

Evaporation A way to separate a solid dissolved in a liquid by the liquid

turning into a gas.
Chromatography Used to separate different coloured substances.
Test Yourself 1
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 Test Yourself 2

Test Yourself 2 Answers

Test Yourself 3
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Test Yourself 4
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Test Yourself 5
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Test Yourself 6
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 Exemplar Test
First Name____________________________
Last Name_____________________________
Separating Mixtures Exemplar

Teacher_______________________________
Remember
• You will need a pen, pencil, ruler, and calculator.
• Try to answer all questions.

• Ask your teacher if you are not sure.

What went well?

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Targets for improvement

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Definition of bonds
Q1.
Russell put ground-up coffee beans in a coffee maker and added hot water.

He pushed the plunger down.

This separated the coffee drink from the ground-up coffee beans.

(a) How could Russell see that some coffee had dissolved in the water?

......................................................................................................................
1 mark

(b) The end of the plunger is a circle of wire mesh.

(i) Which mesh would be best to separate the coffee drink from all the
ground-up coffee beans? Write the letter.

.......................
1 mark

(ii) This method of making coffee uses a type of filter.

The apparatus used for filtration in a school laboratory is drawn below.
 Which part of the apparatus above works in the same way as the wire
mesh? Write the letter.

.......................
1 mark

(c) Russell wanted to separate the water from the coffee drink.
He set up the apparatus shown below.

(i) Why did Russell put ice cubes around the glass tube?

.............................................................................................................
1 mark

(ii) Choose words from the box below to fill the gaps in the following
sentences.

an acid a gas a liquid a solid

condensation crystallisation evaporation filtration

Russell heats the water. Water in the drink changes from

............................................ into ............................................ .

This change of state is called ............................................ .

Water vapour changes into liquid. This change of state is called

............................................ .
4 marks
maximum 8 marks
Q2.
Gary wanted to find out if some food colourings contained a banned food dye.

He put a drop of each food colouring and the banned food dye onto some special
paper.
He hung the paper in a beaker of water.

After 10 minutes, the banned food dye and some of the dyes from the food
colourings
had moved up the paper.
Gary’s results are shown below.
 (a) Gary wrote the labels on the paper in pencil.
Why should he not write them in ink?

........................................................................................................................

........................................................................................................................
1 mark

(b) Look at Gary’s results.

The different dyes in some of the food colourings had moved up the paper.

(i) Which food colouring contained the banned food dye?

..................................................
1 mark

(ii) Which food colouring contained the most dyes?

..................................................
1 mark

(c) Which food colouring did not dissolve in the water?

...........................................................
1 mark

(d) Which method did Gary use to separate the dyes?

Tick the correct box.

chromatography distillation

evaporation filtration
1 mark
maximum 5 marks

Q3.
Chris collected some sea water near a beach.
The sea water had salt dissolved in it. It had sand mixed in it.

(a) Chris separated the sand from the salt water as shown below.
 (i) What is this method of separation called?
Tick the correct box.

chromatography distillation

filtration magnetism

(ii) What is substance A?

......................................................

(iii) What is the part labelled B?

......................................................
3 marks

(b) Chris poured some of the salt water from the flask into a dish.
He put the dish on a balance and left it in a warm room for a week.

(i) Look at the two readings on the balance.

 Work out the decrease in mass.

............... g

(ii) After one week there was a white solid but no liquid in the dish.
What had happened to the water in the dish?

.............................................................................................................

(iii) What was the white solid left in the dish?

......................................................
3 marks
 Mark scheme

Q1.
(a) any one from

• the colour had changed

• the water was brown or darker or grey

accept ‘the colour’
do not accept ‘the coffee disappeared’
1 (L3)

(b) (i) • D
1 (L3)

(ii) • P
accept ‘the filter paper’
‘the filter’ is insufficient
accept ‘the paper’
1 (L3)

(c) (i) any one from

• to cool the water vapour

accept ‘to cool the steam or gas’

• to condense the water vapour

accept ‘to condense the steam or gas’

• change gas or vapour back to water

accept ‘to cool it or the glass tube’
do not accept references to liquid coffee condensing
1 (L3)

(ii) • from a liquid into a gas

2 (L4)

• evaporation
1 (L4)

• condensation
1 (L4)
award one mark for each correct word in the correct
place
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Q2.
(a) any one from
 • ink dissolves in water

• ink would smudge or run or move up the filter paper

• pencil does not dissolve in water

accept ‘ink dissolves’
accept ‘ink expands’
accept ‘pencil does not smudge’
1 (L4)

(b) (i) • yellow

1 (L4)

(ii) • brown
1 (L4)

(c) • red
1 (L4)

(d) • chromatography
if more than one box is ticked, award no mark
1 (L3)
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Q3.
(a) (i) • filtration
if more than one box is ticked, award no mark
1 (L3)

(ii) • A: sand
accept ‘residue’
1 (L3)

(iii) • B: filter paper

accept ‘paper’ or ‘filter’
do not accept ‘funnel’ or ‘filter funnel’
1 (L4)

(b) (i) • 100

1 (L4)

(ii) it had evaporated

accept’ it went into the air’
do not accept ‘it disappeared’
1 (L3)

(iii) salt
accept ‘sodium chloride’
accept ‘salts’ or ‘minerals’ or ‘crystals’
1 (L4)
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