SCIENCE
CELL BIOLOGY
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The dissolved substance in a solution, e.g. sugar or salt.
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The liquid in which the solute dissolves.
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Mixture formed by a solute and a solvent.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The substance being dissolved is called the solute and the liquid doing the dissolving is called the solvent. In order for a substance to dissolve, the molecules of the solute need to interact with the molecules of the solvent.
Detailed explanation-2: -What is considered a solute? A solute is typically a solid dissolved into a liquid. Salt is the solute that dissolves to form a saline solution in water, the solvent. On the other hand, water vapour is considered an air solute because nitrogen and oxygen are present in the gas at much higher levels of concentration.
Detailed explanation-3: -Similarly some other examples of solute are salt, Lemon, oxygen, carbon dioxide, Nitrogen and ethyl alcohol. While examples of solvents are water, milk, Toluene, Acetone, ethanol, Glycerol, Petroleum, and Ether.
Detailed explanation-4: -solute: the substance that dissolves in a solvent to produce a homogeneous mixture.