AL IRSYAD SATYA ISLAMIC SCHOOL

P5 – CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING

SEPARATING MIXTURE
SEMESTER 1 – TERM 1
ACADEMIC YEAR 2018 – 2019

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For question below, write your answers in this booklet. The

number of marks available is shown in brackets [ ] at the end
of each question or part of the question.

1. Underline the correct word to complete the sentences [3]

Salt is (insoluble/soluble) and dissolves in water to form a
(solution/solvent). When this is left in a warm place, the
water (condenses/evaporates) and the (liquid/solid) salt
is left behind

2. What would you use separate a mixture of iron powder

and copper powder?
Tick (√) one box.
3. Cho has a mixture of four solids
Here are some properties of these solids

a. Cho remove the marble by sieving.

Why does he use a sieve? [1]

b. Cho wants to separete the iron from the mixture.

How he can do this? [1]

c. The solids are mixed with water.

Which solid make a solution? [1]

d. Cho now has only potassium chloride and chalk left.

He decides to add the mixture to water and filter the
mixture.
Complete the diagram by writing the names of
apparatus in the space provided below.
Choose the name of apparatus from the words in the
box below. [3]
Filtrate filter paper beaker residue filter
funnel

e. Complete the sentences about filtering.

Choose words from the list
 insoluble soluble solvent

Chalk is removed by filtering because chalk is

in water. Potassium chloride passes through the
filter paper because potassium chloride is
in water.

f. After filtering he has potassium chloride solution left

Cho heats the solution for 15 minutes.
i. Complete the diagram by writing the names of
apparatus in the space below.

ii. At the end, only solid potassium chloride left in

the evaporating dish. What has happened to the
water in the solution?

4. Farrel wanted to find out what substances look like

when they are mixed with water.
The table lists his results.
Substance What colour is
mixed wiith the mixture?
water
Milk White
Mud Brown
Salt No colour
Sugar No colour
Tea Brown
 After mixing with water, which two substances Farrel
CANNOT see, using only the result of his investigation?

5. O'neill poured muddy water onto filter paper inside a

filter funnel.
Filter paper only allows water and dissolved substances
to pass through it.

Which one can describes the contents of the fiter paper

and the contains of the flask after O'neill finished
fitering?
Use the words below.
mud clear water muddy water

a. Contents of filter paper :

b. Contents of flask :

6. When you add some sugar to glass of water and still for
a while, the sugar crystals slowly disappear, leaving a
clear liquid.
We say the sugar dissolves in water, and the two
together make a sugar solution.

The table shows how much sugar can dissolve in 100

cm3 of water at different temperatures.
Temperature 10 20 40 60
Amount of sugar 180 200 240 280
(grams)
a. How many grams of sugar can dissolve in 50 cm3 of
water at 10 ◦C?
Circle the corect answer.
90 100 200 250

b. Based on the data above, what is conclusion of the

experiment?
Use the words below.
The the water temperature, the
sugar can dissolve in the water.