What happens if you dissolve a solute in a solvent? To find out the answer, do the following experiment.
Things Required:
Clear drinking glass
Powdered fruit drink
Flat toothpick
Directions:
Fill the glass with water. Select a flavour of powdered fruit drink that has a dark colour such as cherry, grape, raspberry, etc. Use the wide end of a flat toothpick to pick up a scoop of the powdered drink. Gently shake the powder over the glass of water. Observe from the side of the glass. Continue to add the powder until the water becomes completely coloured.
This Is What Happens:
Streamers of colour precipitate down through the water. Precipitate means to fall downward.
Science Behind It:
The crystals dissolve in the water as they fall. Dissolving means that a substance breaks apart into smaller and smaller particles and spreads out evenly throughout the solvent. The dissolving material, the solute, is the powdered crystals and the solvent is the water. The combination of a solute and a solvent produces a liquid solution.
