Flashcards on Evaporation and Boiling: Separation Techniques

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What happens to the solids dissolved in a liquid when the liquid evaporates?

The liquid turns into a gas and escapes into the air, leaving the dissolved solids behind.

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Evaporation and Boiling of Liquids

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Card 1

Question: What happens to the solids dissolved in a liquid when the liquid evaporates?

Answer: The liquid turns into a gas and escapes into the air, leaving the dissolved solids behind.

Card 2

Question: Can evaporation happen at low temperatures?

Answer: Yes. Evaporation can happen at any temperature, even when it is cold, but it happens faster at higher temperatures.

Card 3

Question: How does temperature affect the rate of evaporation?

Answer: The rate of evaporation increases as temperature increases.

Card 4

Question: How can table salt be produced from rock salt underground?

Answer: Water is pumped into layers of rock salt to make brine, which is pumped up and heated so the water evaporates, leaving sodium chloride behind.

Card 5

Question: How can table salt be produced from sea water?

Answer: Sea water is left in shallow ponds; the water slowly evaporates over a week or more and the salt is left behind.

Card 6

Question: Why is salt left behind when sea water is left to evaporate in shallow ponds?

Answer: Because the water turns to gas and leaves the dissolved salt solids behind in the pond.

Card 7

Question: Would evaporation be faster in a cold cave or in warm salt ponds? Explain.

Answer: Evaporation would be greater in the warm salt ponds because higher temperatures increase the rate of evaporation.

Card 8

Question: What is the difference between evaporation and boiling?

Answer: Evaporation is liquid turning into gas at the surface; boiling is liquid turning to gas throughout the liquid, forming bubbles.

Card 9

Question: What visible sign shows a liquid is boiling?

Answer: You can see bubbles of gas forming and spreading through all parts of the liquid.

Card 10

Question: What is the boiling point of a liquid?

Answer: The boiling point is the temperature at which a liquid boils.