Separating Mixtures Experiment Worksheet
What you do (Choose the right way): 1. Put cotton or cloth in the funnel, then layers of sand and small pebbles. 2. Stand the funnel in a clean glass. 3. Pour muddy water in slowly and watch what drips out. 4. Compare the colour before and after — never drink it — and wash your hands.
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- 1.🔮 Predict: you pour muddy water through two layers of cloth instead of one. The water comes out ___. (a) muddier (b) hot (c) clearer (d) salty
- 2.True or false: mud from water is done by filtering. (a) False (b) True
- 3.🫗 Which of these is done by sieving? (a) bran from wheat flour (b) husk from rice grain (c) salt from sea water (d) small stones from dal
- 4.⚖️ Fair test — does a cloth filter or a cotton filter give clearer water? Which of these is what we measure? (a) how clear the water is (b) the filter material (c) the same glass (d) the same muddy water
- 5.🧺 Three of these are needed for the muddy water filter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a mirror (b) a clean glass (c) a funnel (d) cotton or cloth
- 6.True or false: a funnel is not needed for the muddy water filter. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🧺 Do we need a funnel for the muddy water filter? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 8.🛟 What should you do after handling muddy water? (a) lick your fingers (b) wash hands afterwards (c) nothing is needed (d) wipe hands on face
- 9.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the muddy water filter? (a) sand and pebbles (b) cotton or cloth (c) a balloon (d) muddy water
- 10.🫗 Which of these is done by filtering? (a) husk from rice grain (b) chaff from wheat grain (c) bad grains from rice (d) tea leaves from tea
- 11.🧺 Which of these is needed for the muddy water filter? (a) cotton or cloth (b) turmeric powder (c) a battery cell (d) a balloon
- 12.🫗 Muddy water is poured through a cloth filter. What stays on the cloth? (a) nothing (b) the water (c) the salt (d) the mud
- 13.⚖️ Fair test — does a cloth filter or a cotton filter give clearer water? True or false: the filter material is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
- 14.⚖️ Fair test — does a cloth filter or a cotton filter give clearer water? What do we do with “the same funnel”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
- 15.⚖️ Fair test — does a cloth filter or a cotton filter give clearer water? Which of these is kept the same? (a) how clear the water is (b) the filter material (c) the same muddy water
- 16.True or false: muddy water is needed for the muddy water filter. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🛟 Why should you never drink water just because it looks clear? (a) clear water is salty (b) germs are invisible (c) clear water is sweet (d) clear water is hot
- 18.True or false: small stones from dal is done by handpicking. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🧺 Three of these are needed for the muddy water filter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cotton or cloth (b) a clean glass (c) yeast (d) muddy water
- 20.🫗 Which of these is done by handpicking? (a) bran from wheat flour (b) husk from rice grain (c) gravel from fine sand (d) bad grains from rice
- 21.True or false: sand and pebbles is needed for the muddy water filter. (a) False (b) True
- 22.⚖️ Fair test — does a cloth filter or a cotton filter give clearer water? What do we do with “the amount poured”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
- 23.True or false: tea leaves from tea is done by filtering. (a) False (b) True
- 24.⚖️ Fair test — does a cloth filter or a cotton filter give clearer water? True or false: the same glass is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
- 25.⚖️ Fair test — does a cloth filter or a cotton filter give clearer water? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the same funnel (b) the same muddy water (c) the filter material (d) the same glass
- 26.True or false: husk from rice grain is done by sieving. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🧺 Three of these are needed for the muddy water filter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a magnet (b) a clean glass (c) a funnel (d) muddy water
- 28.⚖️ Fair test — does a cloth filter or a cotton filter give clearer water? True or false: the same glass is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🧺 Do we need cotton or cloth for the muddy water filter? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 30.True or false: sand and pebbles is not needed for the muddy water filter. (a) False (b) True
- 31.True or false: tea leaves from tea is done by handpicking. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for the muddy water filter? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 33.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for the muddy water filter? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 34.🫗 How do we separate tea leaves from tea? (a) filtering (b) sieving (c) winnowing (d) handpicking
- 35.⚖️ Fair test — does a cloth filter or a cotton filter give clearer water? What do we do with “the same muddy water”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
- 36.🫗 How do we separate chaff from wheat grain? (a) handpicking (b) evaporating (c) winnowing (d) sieving
- 37.⚖️ Fair test — does a cloth filter or a cotton filter give clearer water? True or false: the filter material is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🧺 Do we need a magnet for the muddy water filter? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 39.🫗 How do we separate bran from wheat flour? (a) evaporating (b) handpicking (c) winnowing (d) sieving
- 40.🫗 Which of these is done by sieving? (a) salt from sea water (b) tea leaves from tea (c) gravel from fine sand (d) sugar from sugar water
Answer key
- clearer
- True
- bran from wheat flour
- how clear the water is
- a mirror
- False
- needed
- wash hands afterwards
- a balloon
- tea leaves from tea
- cotton or cloth
- the mud
- False
- we keep it the same
- the same muddy water
- True
- germs are invisible
- True
- yeast
- bad grains from rice
- True
- we keep it the same
- True
- False
- the filter material
- False
- a magnet
- True
- needed
- False
- False
- not needed
- not needed
- filtering
- we keep it the same
- winnowing
- False
- not needed
- sieving
- gravel from fine sand
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