Mixtures and Solutions

Mixture or Solution

100

Trail Mix

Mixture

200

Lemonade

Solution

300

Milk and Cereal

Mixture

400

Salad Dressing (Explain why)

Mixture or Solution

500

Vegetable Soup (Explain Why)

Mixture or solution

Definitions

100

Matter

Anything that takes up space. 

200

A special type of mixture where one substance is dissolved into another.

Solution

300

Dissolve

Get smaller and smaller until it disappears.

400

Solubility

Something's ability to dissolve in a liquid. 

500

Solute and solvent. (Must give both definitions and say which is which)

Solute: A substance that is being dissolved.

Solvent: The liquid that something dissolves in. 

Separating Solutions

100

Name the best way to separate sand and water.

A sieve/strainer

200

Name the best way to separate oil and water. 

Carefully pour off the layer of oil. 

300

Name the best way to separate sugar and iron fillings.

A magnet.

400

Name the best way to separate salt and water. 

Heat the water to cause evaporation.

500

Name the best way to separate ink pigment from water.

Heat the water, causing it to evaporate. 

Fill in the blank

100

__________ and ___________ are examples of mixtures.

Answers will vary.

200

__________ and ____________ are examples of solutions. 

Answers will vary. 

300

When you mix _______ and water together, the _________ will dissolve. 

Answers will vary. 

400

In a mixture, the ingredients ________ go through a physical change. In a solution, the ingredients _________ go through a physical change. 

Do not - Do

500

When a solid is dissolved in a liquid we call the liquid a ___________ and the solid a _____________. 

solvent - solute