Ms.

Natasha Fernando – Bright Star Academy

Separating Mixtures
Draw a line from the process to its correct description.

Evaporating
Separates insoluble
and Condensing solids from liquids

Separates two
Decanting liquids which
have different
weights

Magnetism Separates different

sized solids

Filtering Separates soluble solids

from liquids

Separates iron and

Sieving steel from non
magnetic materials

Write in the process used to separate each mixture.

Mixture Process
salt + water
sugar + water
rice + pasta shapes
sand + water
flour + rice
paperclips + sawdust
oil + water
 Ms. Natasha Fernando – Bright Star Academy

Dissolving True or False

In the table below write down whether you think each
statement is true or false.

True/False

Dissolved substances cannot be seen because

they become part of the water
Substances which do not dissolve are
called soluble
Only white powder dissolves

Some solids dissolve

All materials dissolve

Dissolved substances are called soluble

Only powders dissolve

Dissolved substances disappear

We can get dissolved substances back

Substances which do not dissolve are

called insoluble
The hotter the water, the quicker solids
dissolve
The bigger the soluble particle, the faster it
dissolves