Question

After tasting the salt in the ocean water on a visit to the beach one day, you recall from class that the salt is the __________ in the ocean water.

A. solid
B. solute
C. solution
D. solvent

Answer 1

B. Solute

Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer 2

Solid is a state of matter having no space in a volume, made entirely of compact material.
Solute is a dissolved substance is a dissolved substance in a solution. Solution is the one that dissolves the solute.
Solvent is the one that dissolves either a solution or solute.
Based on the definitions, the answer is letter B. solute.