Separating Mixtures

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. State of matter that fills any space, like air (3)
  2. 5. A strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles (5)
  3. 6. A homogeneous mixture of two or more substances (8)
  4. 8. A body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions (plural) (9)
  5. 11. A liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances (7)
  6. 12. Capable of being dissolved in some solvent (7)
  7. 13. The process of ___ (12)
  8. 14. Matter that remains after something has been removed (7)

Down

  1. 1. Of or relating to or caused by ___ (8)
  2. 2. State of matter with a fixed shape (5)
  3. 4. A substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (7)
  4. 6. The state of lacking unity (10)
  5. 7. Matter that has been deposited by some natural process (8)
  6. 9. An apparatus that uses ___ force to separate particles from a suspension (10)
  7. 10. A colloid in which both phases are liquids (8)
  8. 11. The dissolved matter in a ___ (6)