Question

1. Mrs. Salazar will make macaroni salad for her son’s birthday. She prepares the ingredients needed. She cooked the pasta, opened a can of fruit cocktail as well as other ingredients. But she needs to remove some water and juice from these ingredients. What should be the best way to separate this kind of mixture? Why?
2. Mario was asked by his mother to separate the mixed nuts, palay from milled rice and stones from monggo. What technique should he use? Why?

Answer 1

EXPLANATION:

a) The best way to separate the water and juice from the mixture is by the process of distillation. Distillation, as the name suggests, is a method of separating the component materials from a mixture of liquid by particular vaporization & condensation. Therefore, for removing some water and juice from the mixture, Mrs. Salazar just need to cook the mixture for some time by keeping the container on a medium flame.

b) The technique that Mario will be using to separate the mixed nuts, palay from milled rice and stones from monggo is by hand picking. Hand picking is the best way and easiest way for this kind separation of components. It is the most commonly used method by humans to remove large particles.