Solutions, Acids & Bases Vocabulary

A mixture that forms when one substance dissolves another is called a ________.

• Solution

• Suspension

• Colloid

• Emulsion

A substance that is dissolved in a solution is called a ________.

• Solute

• Solvent

• Mixture

• Compound

In a solution, the substance in which the solute dissolves is called the ________.

• Solvent

• Solute

• Precipitate

• Suspension

The separation of ions that occurs when an ionic compound dissolves is called ________.

• Dissociation

• Sublimation

• Condensation

• Polymerization

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The breaking up or dissolving of something into parts; disintegration is called ________.

• Dissolution

• Fusion

• Condensation

• Aggregation

The ability of one substance to dissolve in another at a given temperature and pressure is called ________.

• Solubility

• Viscosity

• Density

• Conductivity

A graphic representation of the variation with changing temperature of the solubility of a given substance in a given solvent is called _______.

• solubility curve

• phase diagram

• boiling point curve

• freezing point graph

A solution having a small amount of solute is called a _______.

• dilute

• concentrated

• saturated

• supersaturated

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A solution containing a large amount of solute is called a _______.

• concentrated solution

• dilute solution

• saturated solution

• unsaturated solution

A molecule in which the positive and negative charges are separated is called a _______ molecule.

• polar

• nonpolar

• ionic

• covalent