Assessment
Choose and encircle the letter of the correct answer.
1. What type of mixture is a solution?
b. Homogeneous
a. Heterogeneous
c. Immiscible
2. Which of the following is not a characteristic of a solution?
a. It is a uniform mixture
b. It will scatter a beam of light
c. It is stable over time
d. The solute and solvent cannot be distinguished by the naked eye
3.What is the substance that is being dissolved in a solution?
a. Solute
b. Solvent
c. Mixture.
d. Concentrator
4. What is the substance that dissolves the other substance in a solution?
d. Concentrator
a. Solute
b. Solvent
c. Mixture
5. In a salt water solution, what substance is considered the solvent?
a. Salt
b. Both are solvents
6. What is NOT an example of a solution?
d. Miscible
a. acetic acid and water
c. soil and water
d. iron and carbon
b. sugar and water
7. Which of the following is an example of a solid solution?
a. carbonated water
b. oil and water
a. preparing syrup
b. ice and water
c. Water d. Neither substance is a solvent
c. steel
8. Which of the following is an example of a gas solution?
b. carbon dioxide
a. air
c. oxygen d. brass
9. Which of the following will dissolve in water?
a. oil
b. gasoline
c. salt
d. sand
10. Which of these will not form a solution?
c. preparing a cup of coffee
d. stirring of sugar in water
d. toothpaste