Thursday, December 2, 2010

Science HW

1.      What are the characteristics of solutions, colloids, and suspensions?
An example of a solution is water. Colloids aren’t affected by gravity. Suspensions can be filtered.

2. What happens to the particles of a solute when a solution forms?
The particles of the solute leave.
3.      How do solutes affect the freezing point and boiling point of a solvent?
The Substance will either rise or decline the boiling point or freezing point of a solvent.

4. Suppose you mix food coloring in water to make it blue. Have you made a solution or solution or a suspension? Explain.
You would make it a solution because the food coloring just mixes it but doesn’t change the whole particle.
5. What effects do solutes have on a solvent’s freezing and boiling points?
It raising or going down.

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