Solutions Suspensions and Colloids

________________: A cloudy liquid containing insoluble particles.

type of mixture that always looks cloudy because clumps of insoluble particles remain suspended throughout it – they don’t settle as sediment

Milk is a 

• solution

• suspension

• colloid

A colloid is a mixture that contains undissolved particles. 

• True

• False

Particles are spread throughout a fluid but are too large to stay mixed w/o being stirred or shaken.

• suspension

• colloid

• solution

Colloids are mixtures where fine particles are dispersed throughout another substance, like milk. What are some other examples of colloids? Select all that apply.

• mayonaisse

• gelatin

• trail mix

• jelly

Sugar water is a 

• solution

• suspension

• colloid

Sugar water let's light pass through, and is a homogeneous mixture

• solution

• suspension

• colloid

The substance that does the dissolving is known as the ______

• solute

• solvent

• soluble

• insoluble

Tootpaste is a ________

• solution

• suspension

• colloid

• no idea