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.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for the muddy water filter. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🛟 Why should you never drink water just because it looks clear? (a) clear water is salty (b) clear water is hot (c) clear water is sweet (d) germs are invisible
- 3.True or false: chaff from wheat grain is done by handpicking. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for the muddy water filter? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 5.⚖️ Fair test — does a cloth filter or a cotton filter give clearer water? True or false: the same funnel is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 6.True or false: a funnel is needed for the muddy water filter. (a) True (b) False
- 7.True or false: salt from sea water is done by evaporating. (a) True (b) False
- 8.🧺 Three of these are needed for the muddy water filter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) muddy water (b) cotton or cloth (c) a funnel (d) yeast
- 9.🧺 Three of these are needed for the muddy water filter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) muddy water (b) sand and pebbles (c) a magnet (d) a clean glass
- 10.🫗 How do we separate gravel from fine sand? (a) evaporating (b) sieving (c) filtering (d) handpicking
- 11.True or false: a clean glass is not needed for the muddy water filter. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🫗 Muddy water is poured through a cloth filter. What stays on the cloth? (a) the salt (b) nothing (c) the mud (d) the water
- 13.⚖️ 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 same funnel (c) the filter material
- 14.🛟 What should you do after handling muddy water? (a) wash hands afterwards (b) lick your fingers (c) wipe hands on face (d) nothing is needed
- 15.🔮 Predict: you filter salty water through cloth. Does the salt stay on the cloth? (a) it turns to sand (b) yes, all of it (c) no, salt passes through (d) it turns to sugar
- 16.🧺 Which of these is needed for the muddy water filter? (a) a funnel (b) a balloon (c) a battery cell (d) a magnet
- 17.🧺 Three of these are needed for the muddy water filter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) sand and pebbles (b) cotton or cloth (c) muddy water (d) a battery cell
- 18.🧺 Which of these is needed for the muddy water filter? (a) a magnet (b) a balloon (c) a clean glass (d) turmeric powder
- 19.🫗 Which of these is done by handpicking? (a) bad grains from rice (b) chaff from wheat grain (c) mud from water (d) gravel from fine sand
- 20.🧺 Do we need muddy water for the muddy water filter? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 21.🔮 Predict: tea is poured through a strainer. What happens to the tea leaves? (a) leaves stay behind (b) tea stays behind (c) leaves pass through (d) both stay behind
- 22.🧺 Three of these are needed for the muddy water filter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) muddy water (b) turmeric powder (c) cotton or cloth (d) a funnel
- 23.True or false: small stones from dal is done by handpicking. (a) False (b) True
- 24.⚖️ Fair test — does a cloth filter or a cotton filter give clearer water? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the amount poured (b) the same funnel (c) the filter material (d) how clear the water is
- 25.True or false: a clean glass is needed for the muddy water filter. (a) True (b) False
- 26.⚖️ Fair test — does a cloth filter or a cotton filter give clearer water? What do we do with “how clear the water is”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
- 27.🧺 Which of these is needed for the muddy water filter? (a) a mirror (b) a magnet (c) yeast (d) sand and pebbles
- 28.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the muddy water filter? (a) muddy water (b) a mirror (c) a clean glass (d) a funnel
- 29.🧺 Three of these are needed for the muddy water filter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a funnel (b) a balloon (c) muddy water (d) sand and pebbles
- 30.⚖️ Fair test — does a cloth filter or a cotton filter give clearer water? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the same glass (b) how clear the water is (c) the amount poured (d) the same muddy water
- 31.⚖️ 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 measure it (c) we keep it the same
- 32.🧺 Do we need yeast for the muddy water filter? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 33.True or false: muddy water is needed for the muddy water filter. (a) True (b) False
- 34.⚖️ Fair test — does a cloth filter or a cotton filter give clearer water? True or false: the same glass is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🫗 Which of these is done by evaporating? (a) mud from water (b) chaff from wheat grain (c) salt from sea water (d) bad grains from rice
- 36.True or false: muddy water is not needed for the muddy water filter. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🔍 Muddy water is left still for an hour. What happens to the mud? (a) it floats on top (b) it dissolves (c) it turns to sand (d) it sinks to the bottom
- 38.⚖️ Fair test — does a cloth filter or a cotton filter give clearer water? True or false: the same funnel is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the muddy water filter? (a) a funnel (b) a clean glass (c) cotton or cloth (d) a magnet
- 40.⚖️ 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 glass
Answer key
- True
- germs are invisible
- False
- not needed
- True
- True
- True
- yeast
- a magnet
- sieving
- False
- the mud
- the same funnel
- wash hands afterwards
- no, salt passes through
- a funnel
- a battery cell
- a clean glass
- bad grains from rice
- needed
- leaves stay behind
- turmeric powder
- True
- the filter material
- True
- we measure it
- sand and pebbles
- a mirror
- a balloon
- how clear the water is
- we keep it the same
- not needed
- True
- True
- salt from sea water
- False
- it sinks to the bottom
- False
- a magnet
- the same glass
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