Introduction to Solutions

Contains the maximum amount of dissolved solute

• unsaturated solution
• supersaturated solution
• saturated solution

This solution would be considered

• Unsaturated
• Supersaturated
• Saturated
• Undefined

This graph represents a(n) ___ solution

• saturated
• supersaturated
• unsaturated
• undefined

What is a substance that is dissolved in another substance? 

• solution
• solute
• solvent
• compound

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

This is the part of a solution that dissolves

• Solute
• Solvent
• Solution
• Mixture 

salt water is a 

• compound
• element
• heterogeneous mixture
• solution

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-5

Another name for a homogeneous mixture is 

• an element.
• a solution.
• a compound.

How does a solution become supersaturated?

• dissolve lots of solute in it.
• dissolve a little solute in it. 
• dissolve more solute than you should be able to. 
• dissolve a solvent in it. 

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NGSS.HS-PS1-5

What does it mean to dilute a solution?

• lower the concentration of solute per solvent
• increase the concentration of solute per solvent