Separation Techniques

Question 1

What part of the mixture is removed using evaporation?

Answer 1

Liquid

Question 2

What does evaporation recover?

Answer 2

The solid part of a mixture or the solid solute of a solution

Question 3

What type of mixture does decantation separate?

Answer 3

Emulsion

Question 4

What does emulsion separate?

Answer 4

An emulsion with liquids with different densities

Question 5

Fill in the blank

The liquid with the _________ density is on top

Answer 5

Smallest

Question 6

What type of mixture does filtration separate?

Answer 6

Heterogenous

Question 7

What does decantation separate and how?

Answer 7

It separates emulsions using gravity

Question 8

What does centrifugation separate and how?

Answer 8

It separates colloids using a fast-spinning machine called a centrifuge

Question 9

What does evaporation separate and what happens to the solute?

Answer 9

It separates solution and doesn’t destroy the solute

Question 10

What does distillation separate and how?

Answer 10

It separates solutions using heating mixture until it boils in order to collect gases produced, the gases are cooled in a condenser or on ice until they liquify