Q1.
(a) Crude oil is a mixture of different liquid substances which boil at different
temperatures.
Which of the following methods could be used to separate and collect the different liquids in oil?
Tick ONE box.
boiling
distillation
filtration
crystallising
(b) The separation of the different liquids which make up oil is a physical change.
Give ONE reason why this is an example of a physical change.
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(c) When oil burns it is changed chemically.
Give ONE reason why this is an example of a chemical change.
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Q2. (a) Distillation is a separation technique.
The diagram shows how this could be done.
Which of the following substances can be separated into their constituents using distillation?
Complete the chart with ticks in the correct boxes.
(b) What TWO changes of state take place during distillation?
(i) The first change is ..............................................................................
(ii) The second change is ........................................................................
(c) Complete the sentence.
In order for two liquids to be separated by distillation they must have different
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Q3. (a) Some children have five different black pens.
They want to find out which black pen was used to write a letter.
They put some ink from the five pens onto five pieces of filter paper.
They hold the paper in water.
Complete the sentence using ONE word from the box below.
solution compound force
solvent element
The water acts as a ............................. which separates the mixture of colours in the black ink.
(b) What is the name of the method the children used?
Tick ONE box.
filtering extraction
crystallisation chromatography
distillation condensation
(c) They find that two of the inks do not separate out at all.
Explain why these two inks do not separate even though they contain different pigments.
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(d) The separation of the colours in the ink is a physical change and can be reversed.
Explain how you know it is not a chemical change.
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