Water and It's Solutions Vocabulary

What is the substance dissolved in a solution?

• Solvent

• Acid

• Solution

• Solute

What is the substance in which another substance is dissolved?

• Solute

• Mixture

• Solution

• Solvent

What is a measure of the concentration of hydrogen ions (H+) in a solution?

• Solvent

• Acid

• Buffer

• pH

What is a molecule with oppositely charged regions?

• Solute

• Solution

• Hydrogen bond

• Polar molecule

What is a homogeneous mixture formed when a substance (the solute) is dissolved in another substance (the solvent)?

• Solute

• Solution

• Mixture

• Solvent

weak electrostatic bond formed by the attraction of opposite charges between a hydrogen atom and an oxygen, nitrogen, or fluorine atom

• hydrogen bond

• covalent bond

• ionic bond

• polar bond

substance that releases hydrogen ions (H+) when dissolved in water; an acidic solution has a pH less than 7

• buffer

• base

• acid

• solute

a mixture that can react with an acid or base to maintain the pH of a solution within a specific range

• solvent

• base

• acid

• buffer

a combination of two or more different substances in which each substance keeps its individual characteristics; can have a uniform composition (homogeneous) or distinct areas of substance (heterogeneous)

• solution

• solute

• solvent

• mixture

attractive forces between molecules

• hydrogen bond

• ionic bond

• van der waals forces

• solvent