Question

Maple syrup, which comes from the sap of maple trees, is a mixture of water and natural sugars. It's a clear, brown liquid. It's homogeneous, and the sugars cannot be separated by filtration or centrifuge. What type of mixture is it?

Answer 1

It is a solution.

A solution cannot be separated, and is made of two or more things, a solvent and a solute. The solvent is the natural sugars and the solute is the water.