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Separating
Mixtures
Safety in Science
Science Equipment
100

Is salt soluble in water?

Yes.

100

What type of paper do we use to separate sand from water?

Filter paper.

100

What does winnowing separate?

Seeds (or similar) from lighter substances such as grass

100

Would you enter a lab if there was no teacher present?

No.

100

What do we call an implement used for grabbing hot materials?

Tongs.
200

What is the separation technique that separates colours in food dye?

Chromatography 

200

What is the name of the type of separation we can use to separate iron filings from sand?

Magnetic separation.

200

Is water a mixture or a pure substance?

A pure substance.

200

What would we wear to prevent us getting sand in our eyes.

Safety glasses.

200

What is a small glass container used for heating small amounts of liquid?

Test Tube.

300

What type of separation do you use to make coffee?

Filtration

300

What is the name of the process you would use to separate water from salt?

Evaporation.

300

Is a cup of tea a mixture or a pure substance?

A mixture.

300

What do you do if you break a beaker.

Leave it and immediately tell a teacher.

300

A glass container used to heat large amounts of liquid.

Beaker.

400

What is a sieve used for?

To separate a mixture based on particle size

400

What is the name of the machine that spins very fast and separates solids from liquids.

Centrifuge.

400

Is a diamond a pure substance?

Yes.

400

If you have long hair, what do you need to do before doing a prac in the lab?

Tie your hair back.

400

A container used for accurate measuring.

A measuring cylinder.

500

How would I remove pebbles out of a pot?

Hand picking

500

What technique would you use to separate water from salt if you wanted to keep the water?

Distillation.

500

What are four items we can recycle?

Glass, Paper, Cardboard, Aluminum

500

Do we stand up or sit down during pracs?

We stand.

500

What do we call a stand used to support an apparatus during heating?

A retort stand.

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