EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer and Explanation: Salad dressing can be a homogeneous mixture or a heterogeneous mixture based on the type of salad dressing it is. Oil and vinegar are the main ingredients in Italian salad dressing. Since oil and vinegar don’t mix Italian salad dressing would be a heterogeneous mixture.

Detailed explanation-2: -A salad dressing is a heterogeneous mixture because it consists of two or more compounds that are unequally distributed (oil, vinegar, and herbs).

Detailed explanation-3: -Oil and vinegar are immiscible in each other, so their composition will not be uniform throughout the mixture. Since heterogeneous mixtures are those mixtures that are not uniform throughout the mixture, so oil and vinegar salad dressing will be a heterogeneous mixture.

Detailed explanation-4: -If, however, its vinegar/oil dressing, then it would be a heterogeneous mixture (both are liquid, but they are immiscible). Therefore, the dressings of vinegar with ground pepper and/or herbs in it would also be a heterogeneous mixture.

Detailed explanation-5: -Answer and Explanation: The most common salad dressing is a mixture of different substances like salt, cilantro, red chili, and mayonnaise.