Asked by junhgbf

Elsa has a jar of honey that was left outside on a hot summer day. She notices that there are now sugar crystals at the bottom of the jar. What type of solution is the honey?

unsaturated
saturated
supersaturated
polyunsaturated

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Supersaturated.

Honey is an unstable, supersaturated solution of sugars (mainly glucose) in water; when conditions change (cooling, seeding), excess sugar crystallizes out.