Solutions & Saturation

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What is salt water?

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A solution.

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What does it mean if a substance is soluble?

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Capable of being dissolved.

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What is the term for the substance that dissolves in a solvent?

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Solute.

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What happens when a solution is saturated?

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No additional material will dissolve in it.

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What is a precipitate?

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The solid material that forms as a product of a chemical reaction.

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What is a solution?

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A homogeneous mixture of two or more substances.

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What is the solvent in a solution?

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The substance that dissolves the solute.

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What is concentration?

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The amount of solute in a given volume of solvent.

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What is molarity?

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A measure of concentration expressed as moles of solute per liter of solution.

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What is a colloid?

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A mixture where tiny particles are dispersed throughout a substance but do not settle out.