Question

Students have a mixture of small iron filings and grains of sand that are about the same size. how can the students most easily separate the parts of this mixture?
A. By dissolving the sand in water
B. By picking out the grains of sand by hand
C. By using a magnet to attract the iron filings
D. By using a screen to filter out the iron filings

Answer 1

The answer would be C because iron is magnetic