A ____ is a substance that cannot be separated into similar substances by physical or mechanical methods such as filtering, boiling, or sifting.

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The answer is "compound". A compound is a substance that is made up of two or more different elements chemically bonded together. To determine if a substance is a compound, you can consider its properties and behavior. Compounds have specific chemical compositions and can only be separated into their constituent elements through chemical reactions, not through physical methods such as filtering, boiling, or sifting.