Mixtures and Solutions
Magnetism
Potpourri 1
Potpourri 2
100

A combination of 2 things is called this.

What is a mixture?

100

A temporary magnet made up of a wire wrapped around a core.

What is an electromagnet?

100

This tells us how tightly packed particles are in an object.

What is density?

100

Mixtures can be _____________ into the substances that make them up.

What is separated?

200

What is it called when one substance completely dissolves in another substance?

What is a solution?

200

The places on a magnet where the magnetism is the strongest are the:

a. south pole and middle

b. north pole and middle.

c. north and south pole.

d. east pole and west pole.

What is (c) north and south pole.

200

Name two ways to measure volume.

What is: 

  1. Length x Width x Height

  2. Water Displacement

200

A simple electromagnet can be made with which of the following?

An electric current.

A turbine and a nail.

A nail, a wire, and a battery.

A compass and a battery.

What is    

A nail, a wire, and a battery.

300

Water and sugar mixed together is an example of what kind of mixture?

What is a homogenous mixture

300

How is an electromagnet different from a permanent magnet?

A. An electromagnet is smaller and less powerful.

B. An electromagnet’s magnetism can be turned off.

C. An electromagnet can be built without using metal.

D. An electromagnet does not attract objects containing iron.

What is B. An electromagnet’s magnetism can be turned off.

300

Which mixture could you BEST separate with a filter?

a. Salt and pepper

b. Rocks and wood chips

c. Sugar and iron filings

d. Sand and water

 

What is d. Sand and water?

300

  Which choice best completes this sentence: Like poles ___________, while unlike poles ______________.  

What is   repel, attract?

400

a type of mixture that allows the components to be seen as two or more phases are present

What is a heterogenous mixture?

400

Which statement is true?

a. Bar magnets are permanent, but electromagnets are temporary.

b. Bar magnets and electromagnets are permanent.

c. Electromagnets are permanent, but bar magnets are temporary.

What is (a) Bar magnets are permanent, but electromagnets are temporary?

400

When a rock is placed in water, it sinks to the bottom of the container. This happens because

What is the rock is more dense than the water?

400

Name three things in which we might see electromagnets.

What is    in doorbells, cranes, phones, computers, (most electronics)

500

What are the two components of a solution?

What are solute and solvent.

500

Compare and contrast electromagnets and bar magnets (Fully explain how they are similar and different from one another).

Electromagnets are created using electricity, while bar magnets are natural. Electromagnets are temporary while bar magnets are permanent. Both attract metals containing iron, cobalt, steel, or nickel.

500

Which combination could you use a magnet to separate?

Sugar and water

Sawdust and wood chips

A salad

Iron filings and salt

What is    Iron filings and salt?

500

Which of the following actions will NOT help you separate a mixture?

a. Heating

b. Filtering

c. Cutting

d. Evaporating

What is   c. Cutting?

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