Answer:
Solvent; solute; hydrophilic.
Step-by-step explanation:
Solubility is a term used to describe how readily a substance can be dissolved in a solvent to form a solution. Thus, a substance is said to be soluble if it dissolves completely in a solvent and insoluble if it doesn't dissolve or only dissolves partially.
In Chemistry, dissolution can be defined as the process of dissolving or dissociating a solute in solid, liquid or gaseous phase into fragmented particles by a solvent in order to form a solution. For dissolution to occur in solids, the crystalline structure of the substance must be broken up so as to release ions, atoms or molecules to produce a solution. For liquid and gases, the substance to be dissolved must form a non-covalent bond with the solvent to produce a solution.
Hence, during the process of dissolution the solute maybe completely ionized, partially ionized, or it may remain intact.
For example, coffee or tea (liquid or solvent) with sugar (solid or solute) dissolved in it is a water-based solution.
In this scenario, coffee is the solvent, sugar is the solute, and this means that the sugar molecules must be hydrophilic because it has a degree of affinity for water i.e it is able to absorb some amount of water.
A solute can be defined as a substance that is typically dissolved in a liquid solvent such as water, coffee, tea, etc., to produce a solution.
On the other hand, a solvent is any liquid such as water, coffee, tea, etc., that dissolves a liquid, gaseous, or solid solute to produce a solution.