Separating mixtures interactive worksheet - Free Printable

Let's solve the worksheet step by step.

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Part 1: Match each picture with its name

We have six pictures and six methods:

- Filtration
- Floatation
- Chromatography
- Evaporation
- Magnetic attraction
- Sifting

Let’s analyze each image:

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Image 1 (Top left):
A hand holding a magnet over a pile of powder, pulling out some particles.
✔ This is Magnetic attraction — it separates magnetic materials from others.

→ Answer: Magnetic attraction

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Image 2 (Top center):
A pot boiling with steam rising.
✔ This shows liquid turning into vapor — Evaporation.

→ Answer: Evaporation

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Image 3 (Top right):
A person sifting flour through a sieve into a bowl.
✔ This is Sifting — separating small particles from larger ones.

→ Answer: Sifting

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Image 4 (Bottom left):
A beaker with colored liquids and test tubes showing separated colors.
✔ This is Chromatography — used to separate components in a solution based on solubility and movement.

→ Answer: Chromatography

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Image 5 (Bottom center):
A funnel with filter paper, liquid being poured in, solid remaining in the funnel.
✔ This is Filtration — separating solids from liquids using a filter.

→ Answer: Filtration

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Image 6 (Bottom right):
Three graduated cylinders with layers of liquid and solid; solids are floating at the top.
✔ This is Floatation — separating solids that float from the liquid.

→ Answer: Floatation

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✔ Final Matching:

| Image | Method |
|-------|----------------------|
| 1 | Magnetic attraction |
| 2 | Evaporation |
| 3 | Sifting |
| 4 | Chromatography |
| 5 | Filtration |
| 6 | Floatation |

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Part 2: Complete the definitions

Now fill in the missing words.

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MAGNETIC ATTRACTION:
Is used to separate magnetic material from a mixture of other substances.
When a magnet is passed through the mixture, it pulls out the magnetic material from the mixture.

✔ Missing word: passed

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EVAPORATION:
Is used to separate a solid that has dissolved in a liquid solution. The solution is heated or left uncovered until all the liquid turns to a gas (evaporates) leaving the solid salt in the container.

✔ Missing word: dissolved

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FLOATATION:
It is used to separate solids that float from the remaining liquid in a mixture. The solids are stirred and when they float to the top, they are skimmed off the surface of the liquid and put into a different container.

✔ Missing word: float

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CHROMATOGRAPHY:
It is used to separate and identify the solutes in a solution. The substances in the solution that dissolve most easily travel the furthest; and substances that do not dissolve easily do not travel very far.

✔ Missing word: identify (commonly used in chromatography to distinguish substances)

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FILTRATION:
It is used to separate solid particles from a liquid. For example, pouring the mixture through a filter paper in a funnel will trap the solid particles and only allow the particles of the liquid to pass through.

✔ Missing word: funnel

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SIFTING:
It is used to separate smaller solid particles from larger solid particles. When the mixture is poured through a screen, the smaller particles go through the screen leaving the larger particles in the container.

✔ Already complete — no missing word needed.

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✔ Final Answers for Definitions:

1. Magnetic Attraction: passed
2. Evaporation: dissolved
3. Floatation: float
4. Chromatography: identify
5. Filtration: funnel
6. Sifting: (complete)

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🟩 Summary of Completed Worksheet

#### Matching Pictures:
1. Magnetic attraction
2. Evaporation
3. Sifting
4. Chromatography
5. Filtration
6. Floatation

#### Completed Definitions:
- MAGNETIC ATTRACTION: passed
- EVAPORATION: dissolved
- FLOATATION: float
- CHROMATOGRAPHY: identify
- FILTRATION: funnel
- SIFTING: (no change)

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