Mixtures Flashcards
How do you separate cooked past in a pot of water?
Place pasta in a strainer. The water will go through the tiny holes.
How do you separate laundry before washing?
Using hands, separate the darks and lights in separate piles.
How do you separate oil mixed with water?
Oil will always be on the top of a oil & water mixture. Using a spoon, take off the oil and water will be left.
What is a solute?
The substance that is dissolved by the solvent.
What is the solvent?
The liquid in a solution that dissolves the substance in the solution.
What is the universal solvent.
Water is the universal solvent because water can dissolve almost every solute.
What is dissolve?
When a solute mixes in with the solvent.
What is distillation?
Distillation is a method used in the separation of various mixtures. Its simply the heating of a substance or a combination of substances.
What is mass?
Mass is the amount of matter a substance contains. It is measured in kilograms (kg) or grams (g).
What is volume?
The amount of space an object takes up.
What is a parallax?
Is a deceptive change of the position of an object which is observed while the position of the observer changes.
What is a meniscus?
The lowest part of the surface of a liquid. The natural dip in a liquid.
What does concentrated mean?
A concentrated solution is a solution that contains a large amount of dissolved solute and very little solvent.
What does diluted mean?
A solution that has very little dissolved solute.
What does concentration Mean?
When a solvent has a lot of solute in it.