Solutions and Solubility

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

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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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.

The solubility graph below shows the amounts of four substances that will dissolve in 100 grams of water at various water temperatures.

Which substance has 80 grams of solute dissolved in 100 grams of water at 50 C?

• Potassium Bromide

• Ammonium Chloride

• Potassium Chloride

• Lithium Hydroxide

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

• supersaturated.

• concentrated.

• saturated

• unsaturated.

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The substance being dissolved.

• Solute
• Solvent
• Solution
• Concentration

The substance that dissolves the solute.

• Solution
• Solute
• Concentration
• Solvent

When you put a Kool-Aid packet in a pitcher of water, which one is the solvent?

• Kool-aid
• Water