TEACHER MADE LEARNER’S HOMETASK

SCIENCE 7 – Week 4-5

(Competence, Patience, Peace, Perseverance, Prudence, Obedience)

MELC: Distinguish mixtures from substances based on a set of properties. (S7MT-Ie-f-4) Week 4-5

PURE SUBSTANCES AND MIXTURES

MATTER is anything that occupies space and has mass.

SOLUTION has two components: the solute and solvent
 SOLUTE is the component that dissolves in the solution or the component that comes in a lesser amount than the other
component.
 SOLVENT is the dissolving medium or the component that comes in greater quantity.

CLASSIFICATIONS OF MATTER
 Pure substance – is a matter that has distinct properties and compositions that do not vary from sample to sample. It
cannot be separated into two or more substances by physical or mechanical means.
 Mixture – It is the physical combination of two or more substances. The composition of a mixture varies for every sample.
o Heterogeneous Mixture – Mixtures with no uniform phase and appearance.
o Homogeneous Mixtures – Mixtures exhibiting uniform phase and appearance.

SEPARATION TECHNIQUES OF MIXTURE

1. MANUAL SEPARATION OR MECHANICAL – This method is use to manually separate a solid from another solid.
2. FILTRATION – This method is used to separate small, insoluble solid particles dispersed or suspended in a liquid
medium. In this process the liquid medium and the suspended particles are passed through a filter or sieve. The
solid particles retained in the filter or sieve are called residues, and the liquid that passes through the filter is called
the filtrate.
3. DECANTATION – This method is used to separate a dense an insoluble solid from a liquid. Example in washing
rice, you slowly tilt the container so that the water will spill over slowly, leaving the rice grains in the container.
4. EVAPORATION – This method is used to separate dissolved solids from a liquid solution, you can simply heat the
solution until all the liquid evaporates, leaving the solid behind.
5. USING A SEPARATING FUNNEL – Liquid such as oil and water do not readily mixed. Liquids that do not readily
mixed or dissolves on each other are called IMMISCIBLE LIQUIDS.
MISCIBLE LIQUIDS are liquids that can be mixed together to form a solution
6. DISSOLUTION – This method is used to separate an insoluble solid from a soluble solid using a liquid solvent.
7. DISTILLATION – This method involves heating the solution until it boils and then condensing the vapor back to
liquid form in a separate container.

ACTIVITY 1: Classify each object as either a SUBSTANCE or a MIXTURE. If it is a mixture, identify if it is a HOMOGENEOUS or
HETEROGENEOUS MIXTURE.
1. Plastic Bottle - 6. Chocolate Cake -
2. Black Coffee - 7. Orange Juice -
3. Mercury - 8. Bronze Medal -
4. Pearl Milk Tea - 9. Fruit Salad -
5. Gasoline - 10. Gold -

ACTIVITY 2: Fill in the blanks with the correct word or phrase.

Matter is anything that occupies space and has _______________. Based on its composition, matter can be divided into two
broad categories: _______________ and mixtures. A mixture is the_______________ of two or more type of matter. A mixture cab
be classified as either ______________ or _______________.
Pure substances have fixed melting and ____________ points. The presence of impurities or contaminants in a substance
_____________ the melting points of solids and decreases the coiling points of liquids. Another method that can identify the purity
of a substance is called ____________, and it is widely used in separating the components of certain pigment.
Various separations techniques can be used to separate the components of a mixture. ______________ can be used to
separate small, insoluble solid particles suspended in a liquid medium. To separate two miscible liquids, chemist usually used
______________. An insoluble solid can be obtained from a mixture containing another soluble solid by adding a solvent to the
mixture. This process is known as ______________.

ACTIVITY 3: Identify the following separation techniques given.

_______________ 1. It is a process used to separate solids from liquids or gases using a filter medium that allows the fluid to pass
through but not the solid. 
______________ 2. The process of evaporating or boiling a liquid and condensing its vapor.
______________ 3.  A process for the separation of mixtures of immiscible liquids or of a liquid and a solid mixture such as a
suspension.
_______________ 4. The process by which an element or compound transitions from its liquid state to its gaseous state below the
temperature at which it boils.
______________ 5. This method is use to manually separate a solid from another solid.
______________ 6. It is the process where a solute in gaseous, liquid, or solid phase dissolves in a solvent to form a solution.
______________ 7. Liquids that cannot be mixed from another liquid.
______________ 8. Liquids that can be mixed together to form a solution.
______________ 9. Component of a solution that comes in a lesser amount than the other component.
______________ 10. Component of a solution that comes in a greater quantity.

Prepared by:
MICHELLE DIAZ DONAIRE
ANNEVIEVE G. DELA TORRE