Solutions and Mixtures

Which of the following is a solution?

• salt and water

• sand and water

• sand and salt

The substance that is dissolved in a solution is a ___________________.

• mixture

• solute

• solvent

• substance

True or False: All solutions are mixtures.

• True

• False

True or False: All mixtures are solutions.

• True

• False

Solutions can have more than two components.

• True

• False

TWO OR MORE SUBSTANCES THAT ARE TOGETHER IN THE SAME PLACE BUT WHOSE ATOMS ARE NOT CHEMICALLY BONDED

• COLLOID

• MIXTURE

• SOLVENT

A MIXTURE CONTAINING A SOLVENT AND AT LEAST ONE SOLUTE THAT HAS THE SAME PROPERTIES THROUGHOUT A MIXTURE IN WHICH ONE SUBSTANCE IS DISSOLVED IN ANOTHER

• SUSPENSION

• SOLUTION

• SOLVENT

Which of the following is an example of a homogeneous mixture?

• A) Oil and water

• B) Sand and salt

• C) Air

• D) Salad

In a solution, the substance in which the solute is dissolved is called the ____.

• A) Solvent

• B) Solute

• C) Mixture

• D) Compound

True or False: A mixture can be separated into its components by physical means.

• A) True

• B) False