Properties and Changes of Matter - Types of Mixtures

Question 1

heterogeneous mixtures

Answer 1

• do not blend completely and the individual substances remain distinct

Question 2

homogeneous mixtures

Answer 2

• has constant composition throughout and is a single phase
• mixtures are solutions
• gas-gas, gas-liquid, liquid-gas, liquid-liquid, solid-liquid, solid-solid

Question 3

solution

Answer 3

• solute: the substance dissolved

- solvent: the substance doing the dissolving, in excess