Question

Impurities settled at the bottom when muddy water was kept overnight in a bucket.the clear water was then poured off from the top.the process of seperation used in this example is called

Answer 1

The process is called separation.

Answer 2

Answer:

• The processes involved are sedimentation and decantation.

Explanation:

• When the muddy water is ‘kept overnight in a bucket’, the impurities in it settles or sediments at the bottom of the bucket by the sedimentation process.
• Later when the water is “poured off from the top”, only clear water pours out leaving the impurities to remain down in the bucket through decantation.
• Decantation involves pouring out the liquid away from the insoluble particles in the mixed solution.