Read carefully the

statement/ question. Then,

choose and write the
letter of the correct
answer on your answer
sheet.
1. To get salt out of a solution
(separating salt from water) we could
try.....
A. Melting it
B. Evaporating the water so the salt is
left behind
C. Using a magnet
D. Eviserating the water off
E. Using the solute to redissolve it
2. If Jo wants to get the iron
filings out of some sand, what
could she use to separate
these two solids?
A magnet
B. Evaporation
C. Decanting
3. Evaporation means going
from a liquid to a ______.
A.Liquid
B. Solid
C. gas
4. If I pour the water off
after I boil the potatoes,
what is this an example of?
A.Decantation
B. Handpicking
C. Filtration
5. I am making lip balm. I have to pour my
cooked mixture through some muslin
(fabric). What am I doing to the mixture?
[I am separating the solid bits from the
liquid bits: the liquid can fit through the
tiny holes in the muslin fabric]
A. Decanting it
B. Mixing it
C. Filtering it
6. I put dirty water into a funnel with a
paper lining. Clean water comes out of
the funnel into my beaker and solid
dirt gets left behind on the paper.
This is an example of ____________
A. Filtration
B. Evaporation
C. Decantation
7. Which of the following is
NOT a mixture?
A. Water
B. Hot chocolate made with milk
C. Coffee made up with hot
water
8. Which of the following
mixtures could NOT be
separated into its components by
DECANTING.
A. Beans in hot water
B. Sand in water
C. Coffee in a hot water
9. If something has been
dissolved in water, how could I
separate it from the water
again?
A. By decanting it
B. By evaporating the water
C. By dissolving it in milk
10. Which of these methods
could be used to separate an
insoluble solid from a soluble
solid.

[HINT: soluble means WILL

dissolve; insoluble means WON'T
dissolve]
A. Mixing the mixture with water and then
filtering it. Then we could evaporate the
water from the resulting liquid.

B. Mixing the mixture with sand and then

filtering it. The we could evaporate the sand
from the resulting solid.

C. Mixing the mixture with hydrogen gas, and

then filtering it. Then we could evaporate the
solids out.
11. Which of these are methods
of separating a solid from a
liquid?
A. Decanting, filtering and
dissolving
B. Decanting, filtering and
evaporating
C. Decanting and dissolving
12. The diagram shows the
apparatus for separating soil and
water. What are the labelled parts?
1. A = distillate, B = filtrate
2. A = filtrate, B = residue
3. A = residue, B = filtrate
4. A = residue, B = distillate
13. The process used to
separate heterogeneous mixtures
of solids and liquids is called
____________.
A. Filtration
B. Crystalization
C. distillation
14. If you wanted to separate
iron filings from sand, you would
use a ________.
A. Funnel
B. Filter
C. magnet
15. Which of these solids
dissolves in water?
A. Sand
B. Salt
C. Sulfur
D. Chalk
16. When can filtration be used?
A. To separate a solid from a liquid
B. To crystallise salt
C. To separate two liquids
17. During filtration, an insoluble
solid collects in the filter paper.
What is this called?
A. Solute
B. Solvent
C. Filtrate
D. residue
18. During filtration a liquid
passes through the filter paper.
What is this called?
A. Residue
B. Filtrate
C. Solvent
D. Solution
19.Which technique is shown in
the diagram
A. Sieving
B. Filtration
C. Decantation
D. evaporation
20. Which of these is not a
mixture?
A. Sea water
B. Granite
C. Calcium carbonate
D. Air
21. How could a mixture of salt
and sand be separated?
A. By sieving
B. By adding water
C. By filtering only
D. By dissolving the salt in water
and then filtering
22.Identify handpicking method
of separation :

A. B. C. D.
23. Which techniques could be used
to get salt from a dry mixture of
salt and sand
A. Dissolve the salt, filter the
solution, recrystallise the salt
B. chromatography
C. Fractional distillation
D. Filter the dry mixture, crystallise
the salt
24. Sea water is a mixture,
what does it consist of….?
A. Salt and gases
B. water
C. Water and salt
D. Water, salt and gases
25. Indicate the separation
technique used to separate a
mixture of two immiscible liquids
like oil and water.
A. Handpicking
B. Decantation
C. Evaporation
D. Filtration
26. Give the name of the
separation technique used to
separate (lentils-small stones)
mixture.
A. Decantation
B. Handpicking
C. Filtration
D. Sieving
27. Indicate the part of the
mixture (sugar, sand and water)
that passes through filter paper.
A. Sugar and water
B. Sugar
C. Water
D. sand
28.Identify winnowing method of
separation :

A. B. C. D.
29. Choose the statement that describes
the filtration of muddy water.
A. Mud is retained on filter paper and is
called filtrate.
B. Water passes while mud is retained on
filter paper.
C. Water is retained on filter paper and is
called filtrate.
D. Water passes through filter paper and is
called residue.
30. Examples for handpicking
A.husk from wheat, rice or
pulses
B.and from salt mixed
C.Oil and water
31. The method of separating
heavier and lighter components
of a mixture by wind or by
blowing air is
A. Sieving
B. Winnowing
C. Sifting
32. The method of separating
heavier and lighter components
of a mixture by wind or by
blowing air is
A. Sieving
B. Winnowing
C. Sifting
33.................allows the fine
flour particles to pass through
the holes of the sieve while the
bigger impurities remain on the
sieve.
A. Sieving
B. Winnowing
C. Sifting
34. How could a mixture of salt
and sand be separated?
A. By sieving
B. By adding water
C. By filtering only
D. By dissolving the salt in water
and then filtering
35.Identify sieving method of
separation :

A. B. C. D.