{"id":21688,"date":"2025-06-16T06:13:39","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T06:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/?p=21688"},"modified":"2025-06-16T06:13:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T06:13:41","slug":"sugar-dissolved-in-water-is-an-example-of-which-solute-solvent-combination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/sugar-dissolved-in-water-is-an-example-of-which-solute-solvent-combination\/","title":{"rendered":"Sugar dissolved in water is an example of which solute-solvent combination"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sugar dissolved in water is an example of which solute-solvent combination? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>a. liquid-solid <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>b. liquid-liquid <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>c. solid-liquid <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>d. gas-liquid<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>The correct answer and explanation is:<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Correct Answer: c. solid-liquid<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explanation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>When <strong>sugar dissolves in water<\/strong>, it forms a <strong>solution<\/strong> where sugar is the <strong>solute<\/strong> and water is the <strong>solvent<\/strong>. A <strong>solute<\/strong> is the substance that is <strong>dissolved<\/strong>, and a <strong>solvent<\/strong> is the substance that <strong>does the dissolving<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this case:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Sugar<\/strong> (such as sucrose) is a <strong>solid<\/strong> at room temperature.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Water<\/strong> is a <strong>liquid<\/strong> at room temperature.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, this is an example of a <strong>solid-liquid<\/strong> solute-solvent combination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why and How Sugar Dissolves:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>When sugar is added to water, the polar water molecules interact with the sugar molecules. Sugar molecules have many hydroxyl (\u2013OH) groups, which are polar and can form <strong>hydrogen bonds<\/strong> with water. The water molecules surround the sugar molecules and <strong>pull them away<\/strong> from the solid crystal structure into individual molecules. This process is called <strong>dissolution<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once the sugar molecules are dispersed evenly throughout the water, the mixture becomes a <strong>homogeneous solution<\/strong>. Because the sugar is distributed at the molecular level, the solution appears uniform throughout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other Types of Solute-Solvent Combinations:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Solute<\/th><th>Solvent<\/th><th>Example<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Solid<\/td><td>Liquid<\/td><td><strong>Sugar in water<\/strong> (c)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Liquid<\/td><td>Liquid<\/td><td>Alcohol in water (e.g., vodka)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Gas<\/td><td>Liquid<\/td><td>Carbon dioxide in soda (d)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Liquid<\/td><td>Solid<\/td><td>Mercury in gold (amalgam)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Understanding the solute-solvent relationship is crucial in chemistry and real-life applications such as cooking, pharmaceuticals, and environmental science. The solid-liquid combination is one of the most common and practical solution types we encounter daily.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sugar dissolved in water is an example of which solute-solvent combination? a. liquid-solid b. liquid-liquid c. solid-liquid d. gas-liquid The correct answer and explanation is: Correct Answer: c. solid-liquid Explanation: When sugar dissolves in water, it forms a solution where sugar is the solute and water is the solvent. A solute is the substance that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quiz-questions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21688"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21690,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21688\/revisions\/21690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}