Solutions

Which would NOT increase the rate at which a sugar cube dissolves?

• Reducing the amount of solvent

• Crushing the sugar cube

• Stirring the solution

• Heating the solvent

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

You can make a solute dissolve more quickly in a solvent by

• adding more solute.

• adding ice.

• heating the solvent.

• removing some solvent.

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NGSS.HS-PS1-5

A solution that contains all of the solute it can hold at a given temperature is

• diluted.

• saturated.

• supersaturated.

• unsaturated.

The amount of solute that can be dissolved in a specific amount of solvent at a given temperature is its

• concentration.

• density.

• dilution.

• solubility.

Three 10 g samples of sugar are represented below.

Sample A dissolves in water more slowly than sample B.

Sample B dissolves more slowly than sample C.

Which of the following best explains why sample A dissolves more slowly than the other two?

• It has the most volume.

• It has the smallest surface area.

• It has the largest number of sugar molecules.

• It has the fewest bonds between sugar modules.

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NGSS.HS-PS1-3

A student pours mineral salts into a bottle of cold water. Which of the following best explains why shaking the bottle will affect the dissolving rate of the salt?

• Shaking exposes the salts to the solvent more quickly.

• Shaking helps more water evaporate.

• Shaking equalizes the water temperature.

• Shaking causes more ions to precipitate out of solution.

A solution that is able to dissolve additional solute is best described as

• supersaturated.

• concentrated.

• saturated

• unsaturated.

A solution is a ________ mixture. 

• heterogeneous 
• homogeneous 
• dumb 
• mixed 

The _____is the part that gets dissolved. 

• solute 
• solvent 
• solution 
• Sacajawea 

The universal solvent is ______. 

• sodium 
• acid 
• water 
• wind 

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-5