Separation of Mixtures

Question 1

Analyzing a blood sample usually involves which type of separation method?

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centrifugation

Question 2

In which situation will screening be used to separate a mixture?

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if the mixture is a solid suspended in a gas

Question 3

Which mixture can be separated based on differences in the particle size of the components?

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cereal and milk

Question 4

A recipe gives the instructions below.After browning the meat, pour off the fat from the pan. To further reduce fat, use a strainer.

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decantation and screening

Question 5

A company has a volume of contaminated water that needs to be separated through evaporation. What would allow the mixture to be separated in the shortest time?

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placing the water in several shallow pools in a sunny spot

Question 6

During which method of separation is one of the components of the mixture lost?

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evaporation

Question 7

Which method is best for separating most of a solid from a gas quickly?

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screening

Question 8

Carlotta adds too much salt to her soup. She recalls that evaporation can be used to separate salt from salt water, so she plans to leave the soup on the stove on low heat until the soup is less salty.

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The soup will become saltier because evaporation removes the water and leaves the salt behind.

Question 9

Hector uses the apparatus below to separate a mixture.

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Substance 1 has a higher boiling point than Substance 2.

Question 10

Maria works in a hardware store. A bin of aluminum nails and a bin of iron nails are knocked over, and the nails get mixed up. Both sets of nails are the same color and size.

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Iron is magnetic, and aluminum is non-magnetic.

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