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Separating Mixtures
Solutions
Reversible and Irreversible Changes
Vocabulary
Other
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What is a way to separate a mixture of solids?
sieves, air, water, magnets
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What is a solution?
A mixture where the solute is dissolved into a solvent
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What change is ice melting into water an example of?
A reversible change
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What is a solute?
The substance that is being dissolved
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What is more dense dish soap or vegetable oil?
Dish soap is more dense
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How can you separate nails from gumballs?
Using a magnet
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Is a mixture of lemon juice and water a solution?
yes
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Is adding blue food colouring to water so it turns blue and example of a reversible or irreversible change?
Reversible because you can separate the food colouring because the new colour is not a new product.
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What is a solvent?

The substance doing the dissolving

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Name the states of matter.
solid, liquid, gas
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Explain decanting
A separation technique where part of the mixture is poured out and the other part remains in the original container.
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Is cold water or hot water better for dissolving solutes?
hot water
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Is Diet Coke and Mentos and example of an irreversible change?
Yes, because there are bubbles formed
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What is a saturated solution?
A solution that cannot hold anymore solute
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A liquid changes the cabbage indicator pink, is it an acid, a base or neutral?
It is an acid
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If you have a solution of sugar and water, how can you separate the dissolved sugar form the water?
By using evaporation.
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What makes carbon dioxide?
Vinegar and baking soda
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How do you know an irreversible change has happened?
There is a new substance formed, there is a colour change, there are bubbles or energy is released.
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What is cohesion?
How well the particles in a substance are attracted to each other
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If liquids layer, where will the most dense liquids be?
At the bottom.
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How do you separate paper, large rocks and staples.
You can use a magnet to separate the staples and air or water separation to separate the rocks and paper.
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Is salad dressing a solution?
no.
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A gas fireplace is turned on and then turned off. Is this an example of an irreversible or reversible change?
An irreversible change because there is a change in colour and energy is released.
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What is a chemical reaction?
A reaction between two substances that creates a new substance.
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What can mother nature use to separate solids?
Water and air separation