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Separating Mixtures Techniques
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Separating Mixtures Techniques
🔬 Part 1: Understanding Separation Techniques
1. Which method would you use to separate tea leaves from tea?
Filtration
Evaporation
Freezing
2. What happens to water when we use evaporation to separate salt from salt water?
The water disappears forever
The water turns into water vapour
The water becomes salt
3. Circle the equipment we need for filtration:
Filter paper
Funnel
Hammer
Beaker
4. Fill in the blanks:
When we use _____________ to separate mixtures, the solid particles get trapped while the liquid passes through. When we use _____________, heat turns liquid into vapour, leaving solid particles behind.
📝 Part 2: Recording Your Investigation
5. Draw what you observed during filtration:
6. Complete this table with your observations:
| Separation Method | What was separated? | What was left behind? |
|---|---|---|
| Filtration | _________________ | _________________ |
| Evaporation | _________________ | _________________ |
7. Explain why knowing how to separate mixtures is useful when making gelato:
🌟 Part 3: Real-World Applications
8. Match each real-world example to the correct separation method:
Making coffee
Getting salt from seawater
Cleaning muddy water
Evaporation
Filtration
Filtration
9. Think of one more example where separation techniques are used in everyday life:
10. Extension Challenge: If you had a mixture of sand, salt, and water, describe the steps you would take to separate all three components:
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