Separating Mixtures

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.

1.
s s p e n s o
A mixture in which fine particles are ___ in a fluid where they are supported by buoyancy
2.
d c a n i g
3.
l i i d
State of matter that flows like water
4.
s o i
State of matter with a fixed shape
5.
m g n e c
Of or relating to or caused by ___
6.
s p a r a t i
The state of lacking unity
7.
c e n r i f g
An apparatus that uses ___ force to separate particles from a suspension
8.
g r a v y
Force that pulls objects toward the Earth
9.
p r i l e s
A body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions (plural)
10.
s u s t a n
The real physical matter of which a person or thing consists
11.
s e d i m
Matter that has been deposited by some natural process
12.
i n s o b e
Incapable of being dissolved
13.
s u b l e
Capable of being dissolved in some solvent
14.
s o v e t
A liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances
15.
s l u t
The dissolved matter in a ___
16.
e l s i o
A colloid in which both phases are liquids
17.
r e i d u
Matter that remains after something has been removed
18.
f t r a i o n
19.
f i l t a
20.
s i v
A strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles
21.
s i v i g
22.
e a p o a o n
The process of becoming a vapor
23.
c r y s t l l i s t
24.
f l c u l t i o
The process of ___