Question

I have a mixture of tomato sauce, sugar, and carrots. I bring a magnet close by. What does the magnet pick up and what is left behind?

Answer 1

None

Step-by-step explanation:

Magnets only attract metals with their magnetic field. In this mixture, there are no significant metals that would be separated from the mixture using the magnet. That being said, vegetables and many other edible ingredients contain Iron which is a metal and is even found in our blood. Even though it is metal there is not enough of it in the food for it to be seen and separated by a magnet unless the mixture contains extremely large quantities of these ingredients.