Students learn what makes a mixture different from a pure substance and how to choose a separation method from the properties of its parts. The worksheet covers filtration, evaporation, distillation, magnetic separation, sieving and paper chromatography, then asks students to plan the separation of a three-part mixture and read a simple chromatogram.
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Completed: Separating Mixtures: Filtration, Evaporation, Distillation and More
Year 7 students (typically ages 12–13) working on mixtures & chemical reactions. It is pitched at level 2 · standard.
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Choose a separation method by asking: how are these substances different? Think about particle size, whether each one dissolves, boiling point and magnetism.
Circle the best method for each separation.
A mixture contains two or more substances that are mixed together but not chemically joined. Because each substance keeps its own properties, we can separate them by physical methods that use a difference in those properties.
Filtration separates an insoluble solid from a liquid. The liquid that passes through the filter paper is the filtrate; the solid left on the paper is the residue.
Evaporation recovers a dissolved solid (the solute) from a solution by letting the liquid (the solvent) turn into a gas and escape. The solvent is not collected.
Distillation separates a liquid from a solution, or two liquids with different boiling points. The liquid is boiled, the vapour is cooled in a condenser, and the liquid collected is the distillate.
Magnetic separation pulls magnetic materials (such as iron, steel, nickel and cobalt) away from non-magnetic ones. Sieving separates solids with different particle sizes.
Paper chromatography separates dissolved substances, such as the dyes in an ink. A spot of ink is placed on a pencil line near the bottom of the paper, and a solvent soaks up the paper. Substances that are more soluble in the solvent travel further.
Safety: evaporation and distillation involve heating, so they are done in the school laboratory with your teacher.
Write T for true or F for false.
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