AP BIOLOGY

BIOCHEMISTRY

PROPERTIES OF WATER

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In a glass of old-fashioned lemonade, what is the solvent?
A
lemon juice
B
sugar
C
water
D
lemonade mixture
E
ice
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In lemonade, water is called the solvent. Sugar and lemon juice are solutes.

Detailed explanation-2: -(iii) Lemon water: Solute = Sugar and citric acid, Solvent = Water.

Detailed explanation-3: -For example, a 500 mL solution of lemonade can consist of 70% water, 20% lemon juice, and 10% sugar. There can also be a 500 mL solution of lemonade consisting of 60% water, 25% lemon juice, and 15% sugar. The most common type of solution is an aqueous solution, which is a solution where water is the solvent.

Detailed explanation-4: -Lemonade is an example of a solution: a mixture of one or more substances dissolved evenly into another substance. A solution has physical properties that are a combination of properties from its ingredients. For example, lemonade has a yellow color from the lemon juice and a sweet taste from the sugar.

Detailed explanation-5: -Lemon juice has been widely explored as a highly selective and efficient biocatalyst as well as a green solvent in various organic transformations in the past decade.

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