Question

A student pours a spoonful of dirt into a cup of water. The water and dirt are start together. The water turns a lot brown color, some dark pieces float to the top of the cup, and another dark layer forms on the bottom of the cup, which statement best describes the contents of the cup? A. Contains a homogeneous mixture because the particles and the dirt are not uniformly dispersed throughout the water b. The cup contains an element because the dirt and water has similar characteristics once combined c. Contains head to genius mixture because the particles in the dirt are not uniformly dispersed throughout the water d. The cup contains a compound because the dirt and the water are made up of multiple types of atoms

Answer 1

C. Contains a heterogeneous mixture because the particles in the dirt are not uniformly dispersed throughout the water