Grade 6 Science: Separation Techniques
This worksheet covers various separation techniques for mixtures, including filtration, decantation, evaporation, and magnetism, suitable for Grade 6 science students.
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Grade 6 Science: Separation Techniques
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. This worksheet will test your knowledge of different separation techniques.
1. Which separation technique would you use to separate sand from water?
Evaporation
Filtration
Distillation
Magnetism
2. The process of separating an insoluble solid from a liquid using a filter paper is called .
3. When salt water is heated, the water turns into vapor, leaving the salt behind. This process is known as .
4. Decantation is a suitable method to separate a mixture of sugar and water.
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False
5. Explain how you would use magnetism to separate a mixture of iron filings and sand.
Match each separation technique with its description.
6. Filtration
a. Separating liquids by boiling point differences
7. Evaporation
b. Separating an insoluble solid from a liquid
8. Distillation
c. Separating a soluble solid from a liquid by heating