Because mixtures are combinations of substances, they can be separated out by physical means. Sometimes it is easy to separate a mixture and sometimes it is not. This quiz is over various methods used to separate mixtures. Using what you have learned, select the best answer from the choices.
If you wanted to separate iron filings from sand, you would use a ________.
Funnel
Filter
Magnet
Sieve
The process used to separate heterogeneous mixtures of solids and liquids is called ____________.
Chromatography
Filtration
Distillation
Crystallization
____________ is a separation technique that uses the boiling points of various substances to separate mixtures.
Filtration
Crystallization
Distillation
Chromatography
A technique that separates a mixture based on the individual substance's tendency to travel across a surface is called ___________.
Chromatography
Distillation
Crystallization
Filtration
True or False, Suspensions are best separated by filtration.
True
False
The formation of pure solid particles of a substance from a solution is called __________.
Chromatography
Distillation
Crystallization
Filtration
A method of separating the components of a liquid mixture or a dissolved crystal in a liquid by boiling off one liquid is known as _____.
Solution
Distillation
Filtration
Chromatography
True or False, Chromatography is an analytical technique used to separate a mixture of chemical substances into its individual compounds.
False
True