Saturated Solutions Quiz

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Let’s have a competition! Let’s see which solid is more soluble in water: citric acid or salt. Soluble means:_________________________________________________________________________ We took 50 ml of water and 5 grams of solid and added them together. We continued to add 5 grams of solid until we reached saturation. What did that look like?

_____________________________________________________________________________________ The solvent was:

citric acid

water

The solute was:

citric acid

water

We found out that

citric acid

salt

was more soluble in water.

If you wanted to find out a mystery solid, list the steps you would take to see the solubility of it in 50 ml of water. First, ________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ Next, ______________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ Finally, _____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________