Question

1. in a cup of tea, what is the solvent? what is the solute?

Explanation:

In a solution, the solvent is the substance that dissolves the solute and is present in a larger amount. In a cup of tea, water is the liquid that dissolves the tea components (like tea leaves' extract, sugar if added, etc.). So water acts as the solvent. The solute is the substance that gets dissolved in the solvent. In tea, the solutes can be the dissolved compounds from the tea leaves (like tannins, flavor compounds) and any added substances like sugar or milk solids (if milk is added, but typically the main solute from tea is the extract from tea leaves; water is the solvent).

Answer:

• Solvent: Water (the liquid in the tea that dissolves other substances).
• Solute: Compounds from tea leaves (and any added substances like sugar, etc.) that are dissolved in water.