MEDIUM
6th CBSE
IMPORTANT
Earn 100

To separate a mixture of dry sand and sawdust. 
1. Make a mixture of dry sand with sawdust. 
2. Keep the mixture on a plate.
3. Stand on a raised platform. 
4. Hold the plate containing the mixture at your shoulder height.
5. Tilt it slightly so that the mixture slides out slowly.
6. What happens? Note down your observations in your science file.
7. Can you separate the mixture?

Important Questions on Separation of Substances

EASY
6th CBSE
IMPORTANT
Give two characteristic properties of pure water. 
MEDIUM
6th CBSE
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Is tea a mixture? If yes, then name its components.
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What is threshing? 
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6th CBSE
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To separate mixture of salt and water 
1. Make a salt solution. 
2. Heat the solution in a China dish. 
3. Let the water evaporate completely. 
4. Note down your observation in your science file. 
5. Is there a white residue left behind in the dish? 
6. Scrape it out and taste it. 
7. Is it salty? 
HARD
6th CBSE
IMPORTANT
To check the solubility of a substance.
Take a beaker half filled with water. Add a spoonful of salt and stir it well. What happens to the salt? Go on adding more salt and stir.
MEDIUM
6th CBSE
IMPORTANT
Write two uses of centrifugation process.
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6th CBSE
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When is evaporation used? Give an example.
HARD
6th CBSE
IMPORTANT
What is the effect of temperature on saturation point?