Separating Mixtures Homework 1:

Learn the spellings of the following key words and their

meanings.

Word Meaning
Solvent A liquid in which something dissolves

Solute A substance that can dissolve in a liquid.

Dissolve When a solute mixes completely with a solvent.

Solution Mixture formed when a solvent dissolves a solute.

Soluble Property of a substance that will dissolve in a liquid.

Insoluble Property of a substance that will not dissolve in a liquid.

Solubility Maximum mass of solute (solid) that dissolves in a certain volume

of solvent (liquid).
Pure substance Contains only one type of element or compound.

Mixture Two or more substances mixed together but not chemically

joined.
Filtration Separating an insoluble solid from a liquid using a filter to produce
a filtrate (solution) and a residue.
Distillation Separating a solvent from a solution, by boiling and then
condensing the vapours.
Evaporation A way to separate a solid dissolved in a liquid by the liquid turning
into a gas.

Chromatography Used to separate different substances dissolved in a liquid

Chris collected some sea water near a beach.
The sea water had salt dissolved in it. It had sand mixed in it.

(a) Chris separated the sand from the salt water as shown below.

(i) What is this method of separation called? Tick the correct box.

chromatography distillation

filtration evaporation

(ii) What is substance A?................................................................

(iii) What is the part labelled B?......................................................

3 marks

(b) Chris poured some of the salt water from the flask into a dish.
He put the dish on a balance and left it in a warm room for a week.

(i) Look at the two readings on the balance. Work out the decrease in mass.

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(ii) After one week there was a white solid but no liquid in the dish.
What had happened to the water in the dish?

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(iii) What was the white solid left in the dish?

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3 marks
maximum 6 marks
Separating Mixtures Homework :

(a) Samantha opened a tin of white paint. The paint consisted of a liquid and
particles of titanium dioxide that are insoluble in the liquid.

The paint had separated into two layers, as shown below.

(i) What type of substance is the paint? Tick the correct box.

compound element mixture

1 mark

(ii) What type of substance is titanium dioxide? Tick the correct box.

compound element mixture

1 mark

(iii) Why did the particles of insoluble titanium dioxide sink to the bottom?

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1 mark
(b) Samantha stirred the paint and used it to paint a window frame.
She got some of the paint on the glass.

Samantha could not get the paint off the glass with water.
When she used a different liquid called white spirit the paint came off.

Why could she remove the paint with white spirit but not with water?

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1 mark
maximum 4 mark
Separating Mixtures Homework 4:
Interpreting a chromatogram – Can you identify what the product is made
from - A, B, C, is it a pure substance or a mixture?

A B C Product A B C Product

Product is made from......................... Product is made from.........................

Pure or mixture……………………………….. Pure or mixture………………………………..

A B C Product A B C Product

Product is made from......................... Product is made from.........................

Pure or mixture……………………………….. Pure or mixture………………………………..
A pupil used chromatography to show which dyes are present in different
coloured inks. The diagram shows some of her results.
The results for purple ink are missing.

(a) (i) Give the colour of an ink which contains only one dye.

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1 mark

(ii) Give the colour of an ink which contains three dyes.

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1 mark

(iii) The purple ink is a mixture of the red and blue inks.
On the diagram, draw the results you would expect from purple ink.
1 mark

(b) What would be the colour of the spot labelled S?

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1 mark

(c) Why should the start line be drawn in pencil, not pen?

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1 mark
Maximum 5 marks
 Separating Mixtures Homework :
Learn the following methods for separating mixtures, what
they are used to separate and an example of each.
Method Used to Apparatus used Examples
separate
Filtering (filtration) An insoluble solid ● separating sand
from a liquid from a mixture of
sand and water

Evaporation A soluble solid evaporating

● separating salt from
(or crystallisation) from a liquid dish containing salt solution
salt solution

(useful when you gauze

only want the
solid) tripod

Distillation A solvent from a ● separating pure

(evaporation solution water from a salt
followed by solution
condensation) (useful when you
want to keep the
liquid as well as
the solid)

Chromatography Different coloured ● separation of

substances in a colours found in ink
mixture
Diagrams A, B and C show three pieces of apparatus for separating substances.

(a) Draw a line from each apparatus to the name of the method of separation.
Draw only three lines.

diagram of apparatus method of separation

3 marks
(b) Debbie has a mixture of sand and salt water.
Look at the diagrams in part (a).

(i) Which apparatus would Debbie use to separate the sand from the salt water?
Give the correct letter.

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1 mark

(ii) Which apparatus would she use to separate pure water from the salt water?
Give the correct letter.

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1 mark

(ii) Which apparatus would she use to separate the colours in ink?
Give the correct letter.

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1 mark

(ii) Which apparatus would involve the use of a piece of equipment called a
condenser?
Give the correct letter.

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1 mark
Maximum 7 marks