Properties of Mixtures

Match the following vocabulary words that describe salt dissolved in water

• Solution

• Water

• Solvent

• Salt

• Solute

• The salt and water together

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

• Solution

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

• Solvent

• The thing doing the dissolving (the liquid)

• Solute

• The thing getting dissolved (the solid)

Reorder the following from slowest dissolving to fastest dissolving

SLOW ---> FAST

• Hot water dissolving fine sugar crystals, with stirring

• Cold water dissolving fine sugar crystals, with stirring

• Cold water dissolving fine sugar crystals, no stirring

• Cold water dissolving a sugar cube

Reorder the following from slowest dissolving to fastest dissolving

SLOW ---> FAST

• Hot water dissolving carbon dioxide gas at high pressure

• Hot water dissolving carbon dioxide gas at low pressure

• Cold water dissolving fine sugar crystals, with stirring

• Hot water dissolving fine sugar crystals, with stirring

Reorder the following for dissolving a GAS from slowest to fastest

SLOW ---> FAST

• Cold water dissolving carbon dioxide gas, high pressure

• Hot water dissolving carbon dioxide gas

• Cold water dissolving carbon dioxide gas, low pressure

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

• Compound

• Milk

• Homogenous Mixture

• Carbon Dioxide

• Heterogenous Mixure

Match the following types of substances

• Muddy water

• Homogenous Mixture

• Saltwater

• Heterogenous Mixure

• Pure water

• Compound

Put these in order from LOWEST to HIGHEST solubility in water

• Al₂O₃

• MgCl₂

• NaCl

• MgO