Chromatography
Distillation
Winnowing
Crystallization
Methods of Separation
100

What is the alcohol used for?

solvent

100

Give an example of a mixture that can be separated by simple distillation.

 Water and Coke

100

What type of mixtures can winnowing separate?

 peanuts/wheat/rice

100

True or False: Crystallization can separate sand from water.

False

100

This method uses a filter paper to separate an insoluble solid from a liquid.

Filtration 

200

How does the colors of ink separate?

 by moving at a different speed

200

True or False: 

Distillation is the separating technique that separates mixtures with different melting points 

True

200

How is winnowing done?

 by tossing the mixture into the air

200

Crystallization can be used to separate this common substance from seawater.

Salt

200

What is sieving?

This method separates larger particles from smaller ones using a mesh or sieve.

300

What mixture can be separated by chromatography?

ink

300

What is the equipment called that holds the mixture in distillation

Distillation Flask

300

How do the mixtures separate?

Gravity

300

This forms when a saturated solution cools or when the solvent evaporates.

Crystals

300

When our clothes are wet, how do we separate the water from the clothes in the machine?

Centrifuge

400

True or False: 

The mixture (ink) should touch the solvent  

False

400

What does the condenser do?

Turns Gas into Liquid

400

What natural force helps with winnowing? 

Air

400

Crystallization is commonly used in the production of these two household substances.

Salt and sugar

400

What is paper chromatography?

it's a method that separates ink

500

True or False:

The solvent causes the mixture to travel upwards

True

500

What is the liquid that comes out from the distillation process

Distillate

500

Where is this technique mostly used?

Agriculture 

500

Salt crystals are left behind when this evaporates from seawater.

water

500

What is sublimation?

when a solid changes directly into a gas when heated