A beaker contains a mixture of sand and salt. A student adds water to dissolve the salt.

Question

Which processes can be used to separate out the sand and salt? (1 point)

filtration to collect the sand and distillation to collect the salt
distillation to collect the sand and filtration to collect the salt
filtration to collect both the sand and the salt
distillation to collect both the sand and the salt

Answer 1

The correct processes to separate out the sand and salt would be:

filtration to collect the sand and distillation to collect the salt.

In this method, filtration allows the sand to be separated as it does not dissolve in water, while the dissolved salt can be collected by evaporating the water, which involves distillation or simple evaporation techniques.