Properties of Mixtures

Match the following vocabulary words that describe salt dissolved in water

• Solvent

• Salt

• Solute

• Water

• Solution

• The salt and water together

Match the following vocabulary words to what they mean for a solid dissolved in a liquid

• Solvent

• The thing doing the dissolving (the liquid)

• Solution

• The thing getting dissolved (the solid)

• Solute

• The mixture of something dissolved and the liquid it is dissolved in

Reorder the following from slowest dissolving to fastest dissolving

SLOW ---> FAST

• Cold water dissolving a sugar cube

• Cold water dissolving fine sugar crystals, with stirring

• Cold water dissolving fine sugar crystals, no stirring

• Hot water dissolving fine sugar crystals, with stirring

Reorder the following from slowest dissolving to fastest dissolving

SLOW ---> FAST

• Hot water dissolving carbon dioxide gas at low pressure

• Hot water dissolving fine sugar crystals, with stirring

• Cold water dissolving fine sugar crystals, with stirring

• Hot water dissolving carbon dioxide gas at high pressure

Reorder the following for dissolving a GAS from slowest to fastest

SLOW ---> FAST

• Cold water dissolving carbon dioxide gas, low pressure

• Cold water dissolving carbon dioxide gas, high pressure

• Hot water dissolving carbon dioxide gas

Which would contain more oxygen for fish to breathe?

• Cold water in the arctic

• Warm water near the equator

• Medium temperature water off the east coast

Which would have the LOWEST solubility for carbon dioxide gas in a soda solution?

• Cold refrigerator, sealed in high pressure bottle

• Cold refrigerator, open bottle

• Warm room, sealed in high pressure bottle

• Warm room, open bottle

Match the following types of substances

• Air

• Heterogenous Mixure

• Carbon Dioxide

• Homogenous Mixture

• Milk

• Compound

Match the following types of substances

• Saltwater

• Homogenous Mixture

• Muddy water

• Compound

• Pure water

• Heterogenous Mixure

Put these in order from LOWEST to HIGHEST solubility in water

• NaCl

• Al₂O₃

• MgO

• MgCl₂