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: bad grains from rice is done by winnowing. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🫗 How do we separate sugar from sugar water? (a) sieving (b) evaporating (c) filtering (d) handpicking
- 3.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the muddy water filter? (a) a clean glass (b) muddy water (c) a funnel (d) a mirror
- 4.⚖️ Fair test — does a cloth filter or a cotton filter give clearer water? True or false: the filter material is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 5.⚖️ Fair test — does a cloth filter or a cotton filter give clearer water? What do we do with “the filter material”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
- 6.🔮 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) it turns to sugar (d) no, salt passes through
- 7.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for the muddy water filter? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 8.🧺 Three of these are needed for the muddy water filter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) turmeric powder (b) a clean glass (c) a funnel (d) sand and pebbles
- 9.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the muddy water filter? (a) muddy water (b) cotton or cloth (c) a clean glass (d) a magnet
- 10.True or false: a clean glass is not needed for the muddy water filter. (a) True (b) False
- 11.True or false: husk from rice grain is done by winnowing. (a) False (b) True
- 12.⚖️ Fair test — does a cloth filter or a cotton filter give clearer water? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the same muddy water (b) the filter material (c) the same funnel (d) how clear the water is
- 13.🔮 Predict: you pour muddy water through two layers of cloth instead of one. The water comes out ___. (a) salty (b) hot (c) muddier (d) clearer
- 14.⚖️ Fair test — does a cloth filter or a cotton filter give clearer water? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the same muddy water (b) the filter material (c) how clear the water is
- 15.🫗 How do we separate tea leaves from tea? (a) winnowing (b) sieving (c) filtering (d) handpicking
- 16.🫗 How do we separate small stones from dal? (a) handpicking (b) sieving (c) evaporating (d) filtering
- 17.⚖️ Fair test — does a cloth filter or a cotton filter give clearer water? What do we do with “the same glass”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
- 18.🫗 Which of these is done by handpicking? (a) gravel from fine sand (b) mud from water (c) bad grains from rice (d) bran from wheat flour
- 19.🫗 Which of these is done by sieving? (a) sugar from sugar water (b) bad grains from rice (c) gravel from fine sand (d) tea leaves from tea
- 20.🧺 Do we need a clean glass for the muddy water filter? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 21.🧺 Three of these are needed for the muddy water filter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) muddy water (b) a funnel (c) a balloon (d) cotton or cloth
- 22.⚖️ Fair test — does a cloth filter or a cotton filter give clearer water? True or false: how clear the water is is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
- 23.⚖️ Fair test — does a cloth filter or a cotton filter give clearer water? What do we do with “the amount poured”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
- 24.True or false: small stones from dal is done by handpicking. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the muddy water filter? (a) yeast (b) muddy water (c) a funnel (d) a clean glass
- 26.⚖️ 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 measure it (c) we keep it the same
- 27.⚖️ Fair test — does a cloth filter or a cotton filter give clearer water? True or false: the filter material is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 28.⚖️ Fair test — does a cloth filter or a cotton filter give clearer water? True or false: the same glass is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the muddy water filter? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 30.🧺 Three of these are needed for the muddy water filter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) muddy water (b) a magnet (c) a clean glass (d) cotton or cloth
- 31.True or false: bad grains from rice is done by handpicking. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🧺 Do we need a funnel for the muddy water filter? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 33.🧺 Do we need a magnet for the muddy water filter? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 34.🧺 Do we need sand and pebbles for the muddy water filter? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 35.🫗 Why does filtered muddy water look clearer? (a) the mud dissolves (b) the filter traps mud (c) the water evaporates (d) the filter adds soap
- 36.🧺 Do we need cotton or cloth for the muddy water filter? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 37.⚖️ Fair test — does a cloth filter or a cotton filter give clearer water? True or false: the amount poured is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🔮 Predict: tea is poured through a strainer. What happens to the tea leaves? (a) both stay behind (b) leaves pass through (c) leaves stay behind (d) tea stays behind
- 39.🫗 How do we separate bran from wheat flour? (a) evaporating (b) sieving (c) winnowing (d) handpicking
- 40.⚖️ 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 glass (b) the same funnel (c) the filter material (d) the same muddy water
Answer key
- False
- evaporating
- a mirror
- False
- we change it
- no, salt passes through
- not needed
- turmeric powder
- a magnet
- False
- True
- how clear the water is
- clearer
- the same muddy water
- filtering
- handpicking
- we keep it the same
- bad grains from rice
- gravel from fine sand
- needed
- a balloon
- True
- we keep it the same
- True
- yeast
- we keep it the same
- True
- False
- not needed
- a magnet
- True
- needed
- not needed
- needed
- the filter traps mud
- needed
- False
- leaves stay behind
- sieving
- the filter material
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