A scientist is working in a lab and accidentally combines two liquids that quickly form a solution. Which process could be used to separate the two liquids? (1 point)

• heating the liquids and letting one boil away first
• passing the liquids through a filter to collect one of them
• waiting for the two liquids to separate
• collecting one of the liquids with a spoon

1 answer

The appropriate process to separate the two liquids, assuming they are miscible and have different boiling points, would be heating the liquids and letting one boil away first. This method is known as distillation, where one liquid can be vaporized and then condensed back into a liquid, allowing for the separation of the components based on their boiling points.