Mixtures and Solutions

What are mixtures?

• different materials placed together but keeping their own properties

• a mixture in which substances spread out evenly and will not settle

• the degree to which a material will dissolve in another substance

• the substance in a solution that has the greatest amount

• the substance in a solution that has the least amount

What is a solution?

• different materials placed together but keeping their own properties

• a mixture in which substances spread out evenly and will not settle

• the degree to which a material will dissolve in another substance

• the substance in a solution that has the greatest amount

• the substance in a solution that has the least amount

What is solubility?

• different materials placed together but keeping their own properties

• a mixture in which substances spread out evenly and will not settle

• the degree to which a material will dissolve in another substance

• the substance in a solution that has the greatest amount

• the substance in a solution that has the least amount

What is a solvent?

• different materials placed together but keeping their own properties

• a mixture in which substances spread out evenly and will not settle

• the degree to which a material will dissolve in another substance

• the substance in a solution that has the greatest amount

• the substance in a solution that has the least amount

What is a solute?

• different materials placed together but keeping their own properties

• a mixture in which substances spread out evenly and will not settle

• the degree to which a material will dissolve in another substance

• the substance in a solution that has the greatest amount

• the substance in a solution that has the least amount

Which is an example of a mixture?

• a salad

• an orange

• sand

• nuts

Which is an example of a solution?

• trail mix

• cereal with milk and banannas

• a bag of candy

• tea

In a solution of saltwater, what is the solute?

• salt

• water

• ice

• the glass

In a solution of saltwater, what is the solvent?

• salt

• water

• ice

• the glass

The _____is the part that gets dissolved. 

• solute 
• solvent 
• solution 
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