Grade 7 Integrated Science – Mixtures Quiz

1. Define a mixture.

Production of chemicals
A combination of two or more substances
mixture of matter
The solid that remains after decantation
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2. Matter can be found in form of...........

Solid,liquid and gas
Gas and Solid only
Solid only
Liquid and solid only
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3. Depending on how particles in a mixture interact,they can be either form a.........and ........

Homogeneous and heterogeneous mixture
Solid and liquid
Gas and Gas
Immiscible and miscible mixture
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4. A........... mixture has its components uniformly distributed throughout the mixture.

immiscible
Homogeneous
Gas
Heterogeneous
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5. A homogeneous mixture contains......state of matter(s).

all
3
1
2
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6. What happens when salt and water are mixed together?

The mixture appears non-uniform
The mixture appears uniform
White precipitation
Nothing
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7. Components in a heterogeneous mixture are........

Not uniformly distributed
Uniformly distributed
Three
More than usual
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8. Oxygen and carbon dioxide are ........

Gas - gas mixture
Solid- liquid mixture
Solid-gas mixture
Solid-solid mixture
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9. The process of dissolving a solid and a liquid to form a homogeneous mixture is called.......

Dissolving
Solute
Solution
Stirring
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10. A solid that dissolves in a liquid is called a........

Dissolving
Sediment
Solute
Solvent
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11. A liquid that dissolves a solute is called a..........

Solvent
Sediment
Solute
Dissolves
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12. A solute and a solvent make a ......

Solute
Solution
Solvent
Dissolves
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13. Solid that cannot dissolve in liquids are called ........solids

Soluble
Insoluble
Solute
Solvent
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14. Liquids that mix with other liquids are called.........

Homogeneous liquids
Immiscible liquids
Miscible liquids
heterogeneous liquids
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15. Liquids that do not mix with other liquids are called........

Immiscible liquids
Heterogeneous liquids
Miscible liquids
Homogeneous liquids
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16. What is a pure substance?

Is one that contains only one type of matter.
Is one that contains only solid.
Is one that contains only three type of matter
Is one that contains one or more type of matter
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17. What happens when a solid is heated?

It boils
It condenses
It changes to liquid
It evaporates
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18. Impurities..........the ...........points and raise the........points of as substances.

Lower, melting, boiling
Raise, boiling, melting
Raise, boiling, melting
Lower, boiling, melting
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19. The method of separation of mixtures depends on the following except?

Components to be recovered
Melting point
Physical properties of the substances
State of matter
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20. Below are methods for separating mixtures.Which one is not?

Decantation and Filtration
Solvent extraction and sedimentation
Sublimation and paper chromatography
use of magnets and simple distillation
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21. ..........and ........are the process of separating solids that do not dissolve from liquids.

Magnetism and Simple distillation
Decantation and Filtration
Solvent extraction and decantation
Sublimation and sedimentation
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22. The solid that remains in the container after decantation is called...........

Solvent
Filters
Solute
Sediment
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23. The liquid collected after filtration is called a.........

Solute
Sediment
Filtrate
Residue
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24. The solid left on the filtering material is called a. ........

Solvent
Solute
Filtrate
Residue
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25. ........ is the process of separation of mixtures where one substances evaporates and leaves the other in the container.

Decantation
Use of magnets
Simple distillation
Sublimation
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26. Which method can be used to separate a mixture of water and salt?

Paper chromatography
Simple distillation
Decantation
Filtration
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27. Which method can be used to separate a mixture of water and sand?

Sublimation
Solvent extraction
Filtration
Simple distillation
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28. Which method can be used to separate a mixture of sand and naphthalene?

Sublimation
Solvent extraction
Paper chromatography
Decantation
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29. ..... ......is the process of separating different colour pigments from a mixture of colours.

Paper chromatography
Crystallisation
Simple distillation
Solvent extraction
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30. The following are some of the applications of methods of separating mixtures in everyday life except?

Extraction of oil from nuts
Fractional distillation of liquefied air
Crude oil refining
Sedimentation
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31. What is a mixture?

it is found on the Periodic Table
a combination of different things
it is made of chemical
elements chemically combined
Explanation:

A mixture is a material made up of two or more different substances which are mixed but are not combined chemically.

32. What does it mean if a mixture is heterogeneous?

made of elements
cannot tell one part from another
you can see the different parts
very well blended
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33. What does it mean if a mixture is homogeneous?

you can see the different parts
cannot tell one part from another
made of elements
chunks of particles
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34. To separate the sugar and lemonade what method should you use?

filtration
magnet
boiling
sorting
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35. To separate trail mix what method should you use?

boiling
magnet
filtration
sorting
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36. To separate iron filings and sulfur what method should you use?

sorting
filtration
boiling
magnet
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37. What is the measure of how much a substance dissolves in a given volume?

Area
atom
element
solubility
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38. Which mixture separation method uses a net?

magnet
filtration
boiling/evaporation
sorting physically
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39. Which mixture separation method would work with picking up nails?

sorting physically
filtration
magnet
boiling/evaporation
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40. Which mixture separation method would use to separate sugar from water?

filtration
sorting physically
magnet
boiling/evaporation
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41. Which list is made of mixtures?

salt, water, air
soil, water, soup
atoms, cereal, pizza
carbon dioxide, soil, soup
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42. What happens when you mix dirt and water?

The dirt will float on top of the water.
The dirt will settle to the bottom.
The dirt will dissolve.
The water will begin to bubble.
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43. A combination of pure substances, not in fixed amounts, that can be easily separated.is a......

PARTICLE
ATOM
MIXTURE
COMPOUND
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44. This is a mixture of two or more substances in which one or more of these substances (solutes) is dissolved in another substance.

MOLECULE
SOLVENT
SOLUTION
COMPOUND
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45. What are the two types of Mixtures?

Homogeneous and Heterogeneous
Elements and Subatomic Particles
Protons and Electrons
Atoms and Compounds
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46. One specific type of homogeneous mixture is.....

A solution
An element
A compound
An atom
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47. Cookies and cream ice cream would be classified as....

A homogeneous mixture
A heterogeneous mixture
An element
A compound
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48. Two substances physically combined and that appears the same throughout is classified as....

An element
A heterogeneous mixture
A compound
A homogeneous mixture
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49. Salt dissolves in water like ----

Sugar dissolves in water
Rocks dissolve in water
Seeds dissolve in water
Pepper dissolves in water
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50. Students are conducting an experiment with salt water. A large quantity of sand is added to the container of salt water. What do you expect to observe?

The sand settles to the bottom of the container.
The salt and sand combine to form a solid.
The sand dissolves.
The salt floats to the top of the container.
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51. Something that dissolves very easily in water .

soluble
solvent
solid
saturated
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52. when you have something that does not dissolve it is referred to as being.

a rock
insoluble
a nail
a solid
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53. Which of the following is an example of a mixture?

Air
Water
Iron
Salt
Explanation:

Air is a mixture of gases such as nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and others.

54. What is a mixture?

A pure substance
A substance made up of two or more different elements chemically combined
A substance made up of two or more substances physically mixed together
A substance made up of only one type of atom
Explanation:

A mixture is a material made up of two or more different substances which are mixed but are not combined chemically.

55. Which of the following is a compound?

Air
Salt
Milk
Iron
Explanation:

Salt (sodium chloride) is a compound made of sodium and chlorine elements chemically combined in a specific ratio.

56. What happens when a mixture is formed?

The components become elements
The components retain their original properties
The components lose their original properties
The components become compounds
Explanation:

In a mixture, the individual components maintain their properties and can be separated by physical means.

57. Which of the following is an element?

Sugar
Air
Concrete
Gold
Explanation:

Gold is an element because it is made up of only one type of atom: Au (gold).

58. How can you separate a salt and water mixture?

Evaporation
Boiling
Freezing
Filtration
Explanation:

By evaporating the water, you can separate the salt which remains behind.

59. Which of the following is not a property of a mixture?

It has fixed properties
Its components retain their properties
Its components can be present in any ratio
It can be separated by physical methods
Explanation:

Mixtures do not have fixed properties as they can vary depending on the proportion of different components present.

60. When a mixture is formed, how are the components mixed?

Physically
Electrically
Mentally
Chemically
Explanation:

In a mixture, the components are physically mixed together but do not undergo a chemical reaction.

61. Which of the following is an example of an element?

Air
Copper
Soil
Wine
Explanation:

Copper is an element because it is composed of only one type of atom: Cu (copper).

62. What happens when a compound is formed?

The elements lose their properties
The properties of the elements change
The elements can be easily separated
The properties of the elements combine to form new properties
Explanation:

When elements chemically combine to form a compound, their properties combine to create new properties different from the original elements.