AP BIOLOGY

BIOCHEMISTRY

PROPERTIES OF WATER

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
If you are making Kool-Aid, what is the SOLUTE?
A
water
B
Kool-aid powder
C
spoon
D
container
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Kool-Aid powder is the solute; it is added to and dissolved in water, which is a solvent.

Detailed explanation-2: -Kool-Aid powder and sugar are the solutes, and the water is the solvent. The resulting Kool-Aid juice is the solution and when the water cannot dissolve anymore Kool-Aid powder and sugar, no matter how hard one mixes, it is fully saturated.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Kool-Aid mix and sugar added to water creates a solution, or a mixtures where two or more substances are well mixed or homogeneous. In this case, the Kool-Aid and sugar are the solutes dissolved in the liquid water, the solvent.

Detailed explanation-4: -So Kool-Aid powder is a solid, but when you dissolve it in liquid water, the resulting colorful drink is considered a liquid solution.

Detailed explanation-5: -In kool-aid the sugar and powder are the solute and the water is the solvent.

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