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Examples: a grease stain is dissolved in alcohol or a detergent, coffee in water, etc.
A drop of water consists of thousands of small water particles. Sugar also consists of small particles. When sugar is added to water the grains of sugar break down into smaller pieces. These small sugar particles fit between the particles of water. We call this mixture a solution.
Water = solvent
Sugar = dissolved substance
Give another example of a substance that can be dissolved in another substance.
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Learning Outcome 2: Learners know, interpret and apply scientific, technological and environmental knowledge.
Assessment Standard 2.3: We know this when the learner interprets information: at the minimum, interprets information by using alternative forms of the same information.
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