Separation Techniques Worksheet
A Grade 11 science worksheet covering various chemical separation techniques such as filtration, distillation, chromatography, and decantation.
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Separation Techniques
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Show all work where applicable.
1. Which separation technique would be most effective for separating a mixture of sand and salt?
Distillation
Filtration followed by evaporation
Chromatography
Decantation
2. Fractional distillation is used to separate liquids with:
Significantly different boiling points
Similar boiling points
Different densities
Different colors
3. The process of separating an insoluble solid from a liquid using a filter medium is called .
4. In chromatography, the component that travels further up the stationary phase has a higher affinity for the phase.
5. Decantation is an effective method for separating two immiscible liquids.
True
False
6. Sublimation can be used to separate iodine from a mixture of iodine and salt.
True
False
7. Describe the principle behind distillation as a separation technique.
8. Explain how a separating funnel is used to separate a mixture of oil and water.
9. Observe the filtration apparatus below. Identify the purpose of the filter paper and the beaker collecting the filtrate.
Match each separation technique with its primary application.
10. Distillation
a. Separating insoluble solid from liquid
11. Filtration
b. Separating liquids with different boiling points
12. Chromatography
c. Separating components based on differential partitioning
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