This Grade 5 separating mixtures worksheet teaches fifth graders to choose the right physical method for different mixtures. Students fill in answers about magnets, filtering, evaporation, and sifting, learn vocabulary including filtrate and residue, and complete a matching exercise pairing mixtures with separation tools. The activities reinforce that separation is a reversible physical change because original substances keep their identities throughout the entire process.
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Chemical and Physical Changes
Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. To separate iron filings from sand, you can use a strong magnet to attract the metal pieces.
2. Pouring muddy water through paper traps the dirt and lets clean water pass; this method is called filtering.
3. When salt water sits in the sun, the water turns to vapor and salt is left behind through evaporation.
4. A kitchen sieve can separate flour from rice through a process called sifting, which uses a mesh.
5. The clear liquid that passes through a coffee filter is called the filtrate, while the grounds left behind are residue.
6. The solid material left behind on filter paper after filtering muddy water is called the residue.
7. To separate a mixture of sugar and pebbles, you could dissolve the sugar in water, then filter to remove pebbles.
8. Separating mixtures is a physical change because no new substances are formed during the process.
9. Iron filings stuck to a magnet can be wiped off and used again because separation is reversible.
Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1. Match each item to its correct answer.
Iron filings from sand
→ Magnet
Sifting
Mud from water
→ Filtering
Magnet
Salt from saltwater
→ Evaporation
Filtering
Flour from rice grains
→ Sifting
Evaporation
Chemical and Physical Changes
★ Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1) To separate iron filings from sand, you can use a strong magnet to attract the metal pieces.
2) Pouring muddy water through paper traps the dirt and lets clean water pass; this method is called filtering.
3) When salt water sits in the sun, the water turns to vapor and salt is left behind through evaporation.
4) A kitchen sieve can separate flour from rice through a process called sifting, which uses a mesh.
5) The clear liquid that passes through a coffee filter is called the filtrate, while the grounds left behind are residue.
6) The solid material left behind on filter paper after filtering muddy water is called the residue.
7) To separate a mixture of sugar and pebbles, you could dissolve the sugar in water, then filter to remove pebbles.
8) Separating mixtures is a physical change because no new substances are formed during the process.
9) Iron filings stuck to a magnet can be wiped off and used again because separation is reversible.
★ Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1) Match each item to its correct answer.
Iron filings from sand
→ Magnet
Sifting
Mud from water
→ Filtering
Magnet
Salt from saltwater
→ Evaporation
Filtering
Flour from rice grains
→ Sifting
Evaporation
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