Solutes, Solvents, Solutions Lessons

In a sample of salt water, salt would be considered the ______.

• Solution

• Solute

• Solvent

• Solvation

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

In this mixture, which of the following will be the solute?

• The water in the glass
• The glass that holds the final mixture
• The solution containing both powder and water
• The powder on the spoon

Lemonade - Water, lemon juice, and sugar
Identify the solute

• water
• lemon juice
• sugar and lemon juice 

If we are making Tang juice with sugar, Tang powder, and water, which part is the solvent?

• water

• powder

• sugar

• powder and sugar

The substance being dissolved in a solution.

• sands
• solute
• solvent
• alloy

The substance in which a solute is dissolved

• sands
• solvent
• alloy
• negative particles

Solutions are composed of __________ .

• salts and solutes
• solvents and salts
• solutes and alloys
• solutes and solvents

If a spoonful of salt is mixed in a glass of water, what is the water called?

• A. solute
• B. solution
• C. solvent
• D. element

Solubility is defined as

• the ability to catch on fire

• the ability to be dissolved

• the ability to fly.

• the ability to form a new substance