Solutions practice

What is a solvent?

• The substance that does the dissolving in a solution.
• The substance that is being dissolved in a solution.
• The mixing of different substances.
• The process in which neutral molecules lose or gain electrons

The ___ is the thing being dissolved

• solute
• solvent

In a solution of saltwater, what is the solute?

• salt

• water

• ice

• the glass

What is a substance that is dissolved in another substance? 

• solution
• solute
• solvent
• compound

Another name for a homogeneous mixture is 

• an element.
• a solution.
• a compound.

Kool-Aid - Powder, sugar, and water
Identify the solvent 

• water
• powder
• sugar
• powder and sugar

How does a solution become supersaturated?

• dissolve lots of solvent in it.
• dissolve a little solute in it. 
• dissolve more solute than you should be able to. 
• dissolve a super amount of solvent in it. 

How do you know when you have a saturated solution?

• You don't see anymore material in the solution. It has dissolved.

• The material dissolves and no more will dissolve because you see it collect at the bottom.

• The solution is bubbling and cloudy.

• The solution is clear and there is nothing at the bottom.

An unsaturated solution is one that....

• contains the maximum amount of dissolved solute.
• contains less solute than a saturated solution.
• contains more solute than a saturated solution.
• is the amount of a substance required to form a saturated solution.

Which of the following actions will NOT

increase the rate of dissolution

(dissolving)?

• Stirring the solution

• Decreasing the temperature

• Increasing the surface area of the

  solute

• Increasing the temperature