a sample quiz or activities about solute and solvent. this will help teachers or students to gather some information about solute and solvent.

1. All About Solute and Solvent
The solute is the dissolved medium. Which is the solute? The component with lesser
amount or the component with greater amount?
The solvent is the dissolving medium of the solution. Which is the solvent? The
component with lesser amount or the component with greater amount?
Great! You’re right!
Is water a universal solvent?
Water is not a universal solvent. If it were, it should dissolve solutes and if it is a
universal solvent, it should dissolve everything. But clearly it does not do that. Otherwise fish
and other aquatic life would all be dissolved in the ocean; we would dissolve in the water of
our cells.
It might be a common solvent, because it dissolves many things, but there are just
as many things it does not dissolve like metals, rocks, plastics, glass, fats, cellulose and many
proteins. Organic solvents like alcohol or gasoline can also have a long list of substances that
they can dissolve.
Every day you encounter solutions, from the moment you have your breakfast, take
a bath and move on to your everyday tasks. You cannot deny that one way or another you
deal with solutions.
You use many solutions in daily life, such as the solutions of sugar and milk, coffee,
lemon juice and water. Solution can be classified on the basis of the state of matter of their
components. Liquid solutions, such as sugar in water, are the most common kind, but there
are also solutions that are gases or solids. Any state of matter (solid, liquid, or gas) can act
both as a solute or as a solvent during the formation of a solution.
Therefore, depending upon the physical states of solute and solvent, you can classify
in different types of solutions.
Here we have a gas solution. Gases like oxygen and carbon dioxide are soluble in
water. We experience this in carbonated drinks and sparkling wine (champagne).
We have a liquid solution, but the solute is a gas. Liquids like alcohol and acetone
are soluble in water. Solids like salt, baking soda, and sugar are common solutes in water.
Two substances are MISCIBLE when they mix completely in all proportions. Two
substances are IMMISCIBLE when they form two layers upon the addition of
one to the other.
Solid solutions are called alloys. An alloy is a substance made by melting two or more
elements together, at least one of them are metals.
An alloy crystallizes upon cooling into a solid solution, mixture, or intermetallic
compound. The components of alloys cannot be separated using a physical means.
Aqueous solution is a solution where the solvent is water. Alcohol or any other
organic solvent can also be used as a solvent and the solution is called an organic solution.
Let us take a closer look on the different properties and characteristics a solution
has.
Figure 3, shows an image of solid solute mixed with water as solvent forming a blue
liquid solution. Let’s check whether or not it possesses the different properties and
characteristics of a true solution.
1. Is it a homogeneous mixture?
2. Are the particles too tiny enough?
3. Are the particles invisible to the naked eyes?
4. Are the solutes inseparable from the mixture?
5. Is the solution stable?
Is it a true a solution?
If your answers are all YES! You are probably right. The sample really manifested a
true solution. There is particle homogeneity. This is why a whole bottle of soft drink has the
same taste throughout. Solutions can exist in any phase and have certain properties. The
particles in a solution are very small - atoms, ions, molecules. Particles in a solution are evenly
distributed - one part of the solution looks has the same molecular make-up as another.
Solutions do not separate under normal conditions, example the blood and tissue
fluid are solutions in the human body that regulate our body electrolytes. Solutions also
maintains the pH of the body fluid such as, digestive enzymes, for many biological processes
it depends on the pH of the medium. Aside from its great use in industries, it has many
important applications also in agriculture, and it maintains the correct pH of soil.
What can you do to minimize pollution caused by some waste household solution,
industrial plants and farms fertilized by chemical such as pesticide?
The knowledge on what composes the solutions is useful to all of us in many
ways. You will find out why as you continue to read this module.

2. Let us perform the next activity for better understanding.
Activity 1: Sorting the Solutions
A. List down at least 1 solute and 1 solvent from the given materials which you can
find at home and surroundings. (You may need to do some research or ask your companion
at home.) Let’s have another activity. Look at the items below, one thing for sure you used
these solutions.
B. Sort the following solution as solid-liquid, liquid-liquid, or gas-liquid. Fill in the
chart by sorting the solutions into different types.
Chocolate powder in milk Honey in milk
Sugar in water Paint and oil
Oxygen in water Oil and vinegar
Activity 2: Properties and Characteristics of Solutions
A. Check ( ⁄ ) the box if it describes, the properties of the given samples.
Activity 3: Fill Me!
A. Write the words being describe in the sentences, tell the most appropriate term being
described from the list below.
Aqueous solution Solvent solvation Homogenous Solute
______________1.A substance capable of being dissolved in water or in another liquid.
______________2.The substance that is being dissolved in a liquid. ______________3.A mixture in
which all components are uniformly and evenly mixed.
______________4.The liquids of a mixture that is dissolving or disposing another substance.

3. B. True or false? Write true if the statement is correct and false if not.
_____1.Solution are homogeneous because they have two phases.
_____2.The particles of a solution are bigger than the holes of a filter paper.
_____3.The particles of solution are not visible to the naked eye.
_____4.Through filtration, the components of a solution can be separated. _____5.There is no
residue left on the filter paper when solutions are filtered.