Properties of Water

Water is the univeral ____.

• solute

• solvent

• solution

What is a solute?

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

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

Fish breathe oxygen, which is dissolved in water. Is the oxygen the fish breathe considered to be the solute or solvent?

• Solute

• Solvent

You make a pitcher of lemonade by adding lemon juice, sugar, ice and water. Which of the following are the 2 solutes in the solution?

• Lemon juice

• Sugar

• Water

• Lemon seeds

Solutes dissolve quicker if you stir them.

• true

• false

Solutes dissolve quicker in _________ water.

• cold

• warm

____________ is the process whereby particles of a solvent completely surround the particles of a solute, disperse them throughout the solvent particles, and hold them in solution.

• solvation

• immisciblation

• dissolution

• saturation

As you put in more solute in the solution, the concentration of the solution will...

• increase

• decrease

• stay the same

Which one of the following should be increased in order to increase the solubility of a gas?

• Temperature

• Pressure