Solutions Vocabulary

A heterogeneous mixture with larger particles that will separate/settle.

• Solution

• Suspension

• Colloid

• Electrolyte

A solution that can hold more solute.

• Unsaturated Solution

• Supersaturated Solution

• Saturated Solution

• Solvent

The substance in a solution that is dissolved into the solvent.

• Solution

• Solvent

• Solute

• Suspension

A mixture that has intermediate sized particles that will not settle.

• Solution

• Suspension

• Colloid

• Saturated Solution

Two liquids that can dissolve into one another (mix).

• Miscible

• Immiscible

• Electrolyte

• Nonelectrolyte

A substance that is not a good conductor of electricity when in solution.

• Solution

• Nonelectrolyte

• Suspension

• Colloid

The ability of a solute to dissolve into a solvent.

• Immiscible

• Saturated

• Dissociation

• Solubility

A solution that cannot dissolve any more solute.

• Colloid

• Saturated Solution

• Unsaturated Solution

• Solute

A homogeneous mixture with the smallest particles that are invisible.

• Solution

• Suspension

• Colloid

• Electrolyte

The substance that is dissolving a solute.

• Solvent

• Solution

• Suspension

• Solvation