Chapter 5 Homework sheet

5.3 Unscrambling liquids

1 Copy and complete the passage below using these words:
less black solvent dyes single carry solid slowly
chromatogram mixture
Coloured substances are often called ______. They will stick to a
______ material such as paper, but the correct ______ will wash
them off. Many dyes are not ______ colours, they are a ______ of
colours. Nearly all ______ colours are a mixture of different dyes.
A solvent soaking through a paper will ______ some of the dye
with it. Some dyes are ______ soluble than others, so they are
carried across the paper more ______. This way of separating
colours is called a ______.
2 Make a list of six places where you have seen condensation
happening.
3 Why does condensation happen inside car windows?
4 Why is this a problem for the driver?
5 What can the driver do to get rid of the condensation?
6 What does this tell you about these effects:
a) cold air on condensation?
b) hot air on condensation?
c) moving air on condensation?
7 How would you get rid of condensation in a ‘steamy’ kitchen?
8 How would you get rid of condensation in a bathroom that has
no windows?
9 Describe how to make pure water out of salt water. Draw a
simple apparatus for doing this and explain how it works.
10 Explain the difference between chromatography, distillation,
evaporation and crystallising.

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