Hamza Bin Abdul Muttalib Ind. Prep. School
Science Department
Worksheet No. (
Grade (
12
)
)
Separation methods / distillation
True/False Questions
1. Think carefully about the following statements. Are they true or false?
Circle your answer.
a.
In filtration, the filtrate is always a pure liquid.
True/False
b.
Drinking water can only be obtained from seawater by
True/False
distillation.
c.
The fractional distillation of miscible liquids is only possible if
True/False
the liquids have different boiling points.
d.
Paper chromatography is a physcial method for separating
True/False
mixtures.
e.
Mixtures have fixed melting and boiling points.
True/False
2. Name the techniques which are suitable for separating the following mixture:
a.
Situation
To obtain drinking water from muddy water
b.
To separate petrol from crude oil
c.
To remove leaves from a swimming pool
d.
To obtain pure sugar from a solution
e.
To determine whether the colouring in a fruit
Separation Technique
juice is a single sunstance or a mixture of
coloured substance
f.
To separate sodium chloride from water
g.
To produce dray milk from milk
H . To obtain pure honey from the beehive
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Hamza Bin Abdul Muttalib Ind. Prep. School
Science Department
Worksheet No. (
Grade (
12
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)
3. The following diagram shows a set up of simple distillation.
a. Complete the missing letters in the words .
i_____
w____
A
……………….
____
w____
B
……………….
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b. What would be the temperature on the thermometer ?
………………………………………………
c. Where would you place the impure water in the apparatus ?
…………………………………………………..
d. Where would you get the pure water collecting?
………………………………………………
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homeland and magnanimous Islamic values.
Hamza Bin Abdul Muttalib Ind. Prep. School
Science Department
Worksheet No. (
Grade (
12
)
)
4. The following diagram shows a set up of frictional distillation.
t________
__
W____ O__
C_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
F____________
C_____
W____ i_
A______/_____
M______
H___
complete the missing words from the following things:
1- condenser
2- thermometer
3- alcohol
4- water in 
5- alcohol /water mixture
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7 -fractionating column
6- water out 
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8- Heat 
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