If the dye (ink) is a substance, what do you think will happen?
If the dye is a mixture, what do you think will happen?
Are the water molecules and molecules in the paper towel attracted to each other?
Do you think water molecules are attracted to each other (other water molecules)?
Are the pieces of pasta in this model the same or different?
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Are the pieces of pasta in this model the same or different?

Are the pieces of pasta in this model the same or different?
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In this model, each cup contains a different substances (pasta). How many substances (types of pasta) do we have here?
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In this model, each piece of pasta represents a molecule. What do properties (things we can observe or measure) you notice about the molecules? Type your answer below
What properties of the pasta (molecules) caused the pasta mixture to separate when the teacher shook the container? Type your answer below.
Picture 1

Make observations! What do you see on the chromatography strip?
(HINT: What has happened to the water? What has happened to the food coloring?)
Picture 2

Make observations! What do you see on the chromatography strip?
(HINT: What has happened to the water? What has happened to the food coloring?)
Picture 3

Make observations! What do you see on the chromatography strip?
(HINT: What has happened to the water? What has happened to the food coloring?)
Based on these observations, is the food coloring a substance or a mixture?
How do you know? Explain your answer for number 14.
How many different dyes (colors) do you think make up this mixture?
Why do you think the molecules in the black food coloring separated on the chromatography strip? Use an observation from the demonstration to explain your thinking:

Is this model a substance or a mixture?

How do you know?

Is this model a substance or a mixture?

How do you know?

Jamie did a chromatography experiment on a marker, and a picture of her chromatography strip is to the right.
Why did the colors separate the way they did?
