Chemistry - Solutions vocabulary

A solvent is ...

• the material being dissolved.

• a liquid or gas that is able to dissolve other substances

• when items do not mix

• the ability to dissolve

A solute is...

• a liquid or gas that is able to dissolve other substances

• the ability to dissolve

• the material being dissolved

• the ability to dissolve

A mixture...

• is difficult to separate.

• is when two substances mix together without combining.

• is when one substance is dissolved in another.

• none of these.

A solution

• is when one substance dissolves into another.

• when two substances mix together without combining.

• when items do not mix

• the material getting dissolved.

Which of the following is an example of a mixture?

• Fruit salad

• hot chocolate

• trail mix

• salt water

Which of the following is an example of a solution?

• Salt water

• Hot chocolate

• Fruit salad

• Trail mix

Miscibility is when ...

• two items do not mix

• two items fully mix together.

• one item explodes

• none of these.

Immiscibility is when

• two items do not mix.

• when two items fully mix

• when one item changes forms.

• none of these.

Oil and water is ...

• an example of a solution.

• an example of a mixture.

• an example of solutes.

Sugar has ...

• a high solubility

• a low solubility.