science - separating mixtures

Question 1

evaporation

Answer 1

turns the solvent (water) from the solution into vapor, leaving the solute by itself

Question 2

filtration

Answer 2

separating an insoluble substance from a suspension by using filter paper and a funnel

Question 3

sieving

Answer 3

separating an insoluble substance by using a sieve

Question 4

decanting

Answer 4

pouring an insoluble substance from a suspension.

Question 5

distillation

Answer 5

separating two substances by heating one substance to a vapor

Question 6

chromatography

Answer 6

using ink to see how fast different solutions move up the paper.

Question 7

desalination

Answer 7

removing salt from salt water to turn it into fresh water,

Question 8

solute

Answer 8

something being disolved

Question 9

solvent

Answer 9

something dissolving another thing

Question 10

solution

Answer 10

when two substances mix and dissolving occurs

Question 11

suspension

Answer 11

when a substance separates from the liquid instead of dissolving (floating/sinking)

Question 12

soluble

Answer 12

something that CAN dissolve

Question 13

insoluble

Answer 13

something that CANNOT dissolve

Question 14

mixture

Answer 14

made up of two or more pure substances

Question 15

pure substance

Answer 15

made up of only ONE substance

Question 16

colloid

Answer 16

when particles float evenly throughout the mixture

Question 17

concentrated solutions

Answer 17

when there is a lot of solute dissolved into the solvent

Question 18

dilute solutions

Answer 18

when there is only a little solute that has been dissolved

Question 19

saturated solution

Answer 19

when a solute will no longer dissolve into a solvent