Question

Ocean water has a salinity of approximately 35,000 parts per million or 3.5%. What are the solute and solvent in ocean water? A. Salt is the solute. Water is the solvent. B. Salt is the solute. Ocean plants are the solvent. C. Ocean plants are the solute. Water is the solvent. D. Water is the solute. Salt is the solvent.

Answer 1

A. Salt is the solute. Water is the solvent.

Step-by-step explanation:

In a salt situation why is water the solvent and salt is the solute? It is a homogenous mixture in which the solute is dissolved in the solvent. So since the salt is dissolved in the water, the water is the solvent and the salt the solute.

Answer 2

The correct answer is A. Salt is the solute. Water is the solvent.

Solute means a substance in a solution. It can be one or more in a component. Solvent means it can dissolve other substances, in this being salt.