Question

When making punch, you add half a cup of sugar and 2 cups of orange juice to half a gallon of water. What is the sugar in this mixture?

a
Solvent
b
Solution
c
Solute
d
Electrolyte

Answer 1

In the mixture you described, the sugar is the component that is being dissolved in the water (the solvent). Therefore, the sugar is classified as a **solute**.

So the correct answer is:

**c. Solute**