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Matter & Mixtures — Practice Worksheet
Name: ____________________
Roll No.: __________
Date: ____________
General Instructions
- All questions are compulsory.
- Choose the correct option (A, B, C or D) for each question.
- The answer key is at the end — try the paper first!
Section A — Multiple Choice (1 mark each)
15 × 1 = 15 marks
1.
Air is a mixture of several…
- A.Gases
- B.Solids only
- C.Liquids only
- D.Rocks
2.
Iron filings can be separated from sand using a…
- A.Magnet
- B.Spoon only
- C.Fire
- D.Fan
3.
Dirty water may carry tiny ___ that make us ill.
- A.Songs
- B.Toys
- C.Stars
- D.Germs
4.
Why should we save and not waste clean water?
- A.There is too much of it
- B.It is heavy
- C.It is cheap to make
- D.Safe drinking water is limited and precious
5.
When a solid dissolves fully in a liquid, the clear mix is called a…
- A.Solution
- B.Powder
- C.Rock
- D.Gas
6.
Which dissolves in water?
- A.Chalk powder
- B.Sand
- C.Sugar
- D.Iron nail
7.
How is making a mixture different from cooking an egg?
- A.Mixtures cannot be undone
- B.They are the same
- C.A mixture forms no new substance; cooking does
- D.Cooking makes no change
8.
A liquid has a fixed volume but no fixed…
- A.Name
- B.Weight
- C.Particle
- D.Shape
9.
Matter is anything that has weight and takes up…
- A.Space
- B.Colour
- C.Sound
- D.Light
10.
We can get salt back from salty water by…
- A.Filtering
- B.Evaporating the water
- C.Using a magnet
- D.Freezing
11.
Which of these is a mixture?
- A.A single grain of sugar
- B.Pure water
- C.Salad of many vegetables
- D.Pure gold
12.
In which state are particles packed most tightly together?
- A.Gas
- B.Liquid
- C.Solid
- D.Steam
13.
A solution looks clear because the dissolved particles are…
- A.Very big
- B.Too tiny to see
- C.Floating on top
- D.Made of glass
14.
Picking out small stones from rice by hand is called…
- A.Winnowing
- B.Filtering
- C.Evaporation
- D.Handpicking
15.
Passing water through a cloth or filter removes…
- A.All taste
- B.Mud and visible dirt
- C.Its weight
- D.Its colour only
Section B — Challenge / Olympiad (2 marks each)
5 × 2 = 10 marks
16.
A gas can be squeezed into a smaller space but a liquid cannot easily, because gas particles are…
- A.Frozen
- B.Tightly packed
- C.Far apart
- D.Solid
17.
Filtering muddy water makes it clear, but it may still be unsafe to drink because filtering does not remove tiny…
- A.Germs
- B.Stones
- C.Leaves
- D.Sand
18.
Why is a fruit salad a good example of a mixture you can easily separate?
- A.It cannot be undone
- B.The fruits melt together
- C.It becomes one new fruit
- D.You can still pick out each fruit
19.
If you keep adding sugar to a glass of water, at some point no more dissolves. The water is then…
- A.Frozen
- B.Empty
- C.Saturated (full)
- D.Boiling
20.
To separate a mixture of two liquids like water and oil that do not mix, we can use a…
- A.Filter paper only
- B.Magnet
- C.Fan
- D.Separating funnel (let them settle)
Answer Key
Section A — Multiple Choice (1 mark each)
- (A) Gases
- (A) Magnet
- (D) Germs
- (D) Safe drinking water is limited and precious
- (A) Solution
- (C) Sugar
- (C) A mixture forms no new substance; cooking does
- (D) Shape
- (A) Space
- (B) Evaporating the water
- (C) Salad of many vegetables
- (C) Solid
- (B) Too tiny to see
- (D) Handpicking
- (B) Mud and visible dirt
Section B — Challenge / Olympiad (2 marks each)
- (C) Far apart
- (A) Germs
- (D) You can still pick out each fruit
- (C) Saturated (full)
- (D) Separating funnel (let them settle)
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