Question

Delhi Public School, Kurukshetra
Class VI (holidays assignment)
Science

State whether the following statement is true or false. Why do you think this way?

A mixture of tea leaves and iron filings can be separated by passing a magnet.

Answer 1

Yes.

The mixture of iron filings can be separated by using a magnet from a physical mixture with some other material.

The tea leaves are not attracted to the magnet.  Since iron filings are ferromagnetic materials, they are attracted to the magnet and they will stick to the surface of the magnet.

Answer 2

yes you can seprate tea leaves and iron fillngs by magnet. 
iron fillings are attract toward the magnet while tea leaves not.
so when you put magnet in mixture iron filing stick to the magnet. and tea leaves remain as it is.