Separating Mixtures Worksheets: Topic 03.7C

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Separating How to Separate What is a

Mixtures Mixtures Mixture?
Getting Flotation, Sedimentation

Importance & Decanting
Useful of Water
Substances Evaporation &
Filtration
Distillation
Crystallisation
Solutions &
Suspensions Centifuging
Chromatography
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Separating How to Separate What is a

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Getting Flotation, Sedimentation

Importance & Decanting
Useful of Water
Substances Filtration Evaporation &
Distillation
Crystallisation
Solutions &
Suspensions Centifuging
Chromatography
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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.
Any substance that is not pure, must be a Definitions matches with

c)................................. 1. Substance made of
identical particles .............
We are surrounded by mixtures. The air is 2. rocks are mixtures
a mixture of d)............................. The
of these. .............
oceans are a mixture of (mainly)
3. A natural, non-living
e).................... and ......................... The solid
resource. .............
Earth is mostly rock, which is a mixture of
4. Substance containing
different f)................................
different particles. .............
g).......................... resources are substances 5. A mixture of gases
we need and use, which occur naturally. surrounding us. .............
Some come from living things, (example
h)........................) others are non-living.
(example i)...............................) List Items (not all will be used)
A. water D. plastic
The opposite of a natural resource is a B. atmosphere E. mixture
“j)..................... resource”. C. pure F. minerals
Worksheet 2 Student Name.............................................

Solutions & Suspensions.
Supply the missing word for each definition.
1. A mixture where a solid is 6. The liquid part of a
dissolved in a liquid. ......................... solution. .........................
2. Name for the solid which 7. A solution with a large

is dissolved. ......................... amount of solute. .........................
3. A solution which has only 8. Description of a solid

a small amount of solid. ......................... which will dissolve. .........................
4. A mixture of solid & liquid 9. A solution with the maximum

which will separate if allowed amount of dissolved solid. .......................
to stand. .........................
10. What an increase in temperature
5. Description of a solid which usually does to solubility. ........................
will not dissolve in a liquid. .........................
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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?
..................................................
..........................................
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.
..........................................
5. some clear water from muddy water? ..................................................
...................................................
Worksheet 4 Student Name ..................................................
Methods of Separation
1. 2. Fred is learning to cook, but he’s better
A student was given a mixture containing at Science than cookery. He’s 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
Stir into water
Residue
Filter copper oxide
Filtrate
Evaporation copper sulfate

Problem 3
Problem 1 A mixture of salt, water and chalk dust (insoluble) was
Dirty, salty water was filtered. The filtrate was then filtered. The residue was dried. The filtrate was divided
distilled.
into 2 parts. One part was evaporated, the other part
Use a flowchart to show what was
was distilled.
collected at each step.
Construct a flowchart and show what
was collected at each step.
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Worksheet 6
Student Name.............................................
Occupations Involving Separations

Research Task
Your teacher may have further instructions on how to complete this task.
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.
Industrial Type(s) of Separation Purpose of the Occupation(s)

Process Involved Separation Involved
example
Salt production Evaporation Collect salt from Plant operator.
sea water Bulldozer driver.
Sugar refining
Sewage
treatment
Flour milling
Recycling old
car bodies
Topic Test
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Separating Score ........................... / 26
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?
a) A mixture and a pure substance

c) an impure sample of copper sulfate was
dissolved in hot water and re-crystallised?
b) A solution and a suspension d) pure water was evaporated?
e) you dry the residue after filtering dirty water?

c) A solvent and a solute
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?
b) What is the sediment which forms?

2. (8 marks)
True or False? (T or F?)
a) For most substances, solubility c) The clear liquid was poured off and divided
increases at higher temperature. ........ into 2 parts. One part was evaporated, and the
b) Filtration will separate a other was distilled.
suspension mixture. ........ i) What substance would be collected by
c) Sieving works because of a distillation?
difference of solubility. ........
d) Evaporation collects the solvent
from a solution. ........ ii) What would be collected from the
e) The solid in a solution will form a evaporation?
sediment. ........
f) Distillation is involved in making
ethanol for use as a fuel. ........ iii) What difference in properties allows the
g) Crystallisation can separate the separation in both evaporation and distillation?
different dyes in some ink. ........
h) Oxygen gas is more soluble in
hot water than cold water. ........
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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
Match the Lists

1. C 2. F 3. A 4. E 5. B Filtrate
Worksheet 2 Distillation water

1. solution 6. solvent
2. solute 7. concentrated
3. dilute 8. soluble 2. Mixture of pebbles,
4. suspension 9. saturated sand, & salt
5. insoluble 10. increases it
Sieving Pebbles caught
in sieve
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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Separating Mixtures Topic 03.7C

They can also be converted for use as Microsoft WordTM documents, or

Answer Section begins on p7

® Make your own “Mind-Map” TITLE PAGE.

Separating How to Separate What is a

Getting Flotation, Sedimentation

Make your own “Mind-Map” TITLE PAGE.

Separating How to Separate What is a

Getting Flotation, Sedimentation

Any substance that is not pure, must be a Definitions matches with

Worksheet 2 Student Name.............................................

2. Name for the solid which 7. A solution with a large

3. A solution which has only 8. Description of a solid

4. A mixture of solid & liquid 9. A solution with the maximum

Worksheet 4 Student Name ..................................................

Stir into water

Evaporation copper sulfate

Occupations Involving Separations

Industrial Type(s) of Separation Purpose of the Occupation(s)

Separating Score ........................... / 26

a) A mixture and a pure substance

b) A solution and a suspension d) pure water was evaporated?

e) you dry the residue after filtering dirty water?

b) What is the sediment which forms?

Match the Lists

Worksheet 2 Distillation water

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