Question

Nicole has 2 glasses on the counter: one of water and one of sugar-water. She is baking a cake and needs to use the sugar-water for the glaze. Both glasses look identical, but one contains a mixture and the other contains a compound. Is sugar-water a mixture or a compound? Define mixtures and compounds, and explain how, without tasting it, Nicole can test to make sure she is using the sugar-water in the glaze.

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Answer 1

Explained below.

Step-by-step explanation:

Mixtures are basically substances which are formed by physically mixing two or more substances.

Compounds are substances which are formed by chemically combining two or more elements.

The sugar-water in the glaze is a mixture because it was formed by physically mixing sugar and water without any chemical combination.

The way Nicole can test to make sure she is using the sugar-water in the glaze is that the sugar and water can be visibly seen in the glaze whereas for the compound, it forms a new substance and as such the physical elements used to mix can't be identified.