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Class 6 Science: Methods of Separation in Everyday Life Worksheet (with Answers)

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  1. 1. Removing a few stones from rice by hand is called:
    • (a) winnowing
    • (b) filtration
    • (c) handpicking
    • (d) sieving
  2. 2. Winnowing uses ___ to separate components.
    • (a) water
    • (b) magnets
    • (c) heat
    • (d) wind
  3. 3. Salt is obtained from seawater by:
    • (a) evaporation
    • (b) sieving
    • (c) handpicking
    • (d) winnowing
  4. 4. Passing a mixture through a sieve is called:
    • (a) filtration
    • (b) sieving
    • (c) decantation
    • (d) sedimentation
  5. 5. Why do we separate substances?
  6. 6. What is winnowing?
  7. 7. Describe methods used to separate solid–solid mixtures, with examples.
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  1. 1. (c) handpicking — Picking out by hand is handpicking.
  2. 2. (d) wind — Winnowing uses wind to blow away the lighter part.
  3. 3. (a) evaporation — Evaporation leaves the salt behind.
  4. 4. (b) sieving — That method is sieving.
  5. 5. To remove harmful or useless parts, or to obtain useful components separately.
  6. 6. Separating lighter and heavier parts of a mixture using wind.
  7. 7. Solid–solid mixtures are separated by the differences between their components. Handpicking is used when there are only a few pieces that look clearly different, such as stones in rice, which can simply be picked out by hand. Winnowing separates a lighter component from a heavier one using wind — for instance, farmers drop a mixture of grain and husk in the breeze, and the lighter husk is blown aside while the heavier grain falls straight down. Sieving separates particles of different sizes by passing the mixture through a sieve, so smaller particles like flour pass through while larger ones like bran are held back. The method chosen depends on how the components differ.
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