Question

1. choose the correct term that completes each sentence. olivia added sugar to a large glass jar of cold tea. all of the sugar dissolved, meaning that the solution was likely _. adding more sugar, olivia stirred and stirred but this time some of the sugar did not dissolve and settled on the bottom of the jar. she knew that this meant that the solution was _. olivia then set the jar on a porch where it was warmed by sunlight. she was then able to dissolve the remaining sugar by stirring, meaning that the solution had reached a state where it was _.

Explanation:

In the first case, when all sugar dissolves in cold - tea, the solution can dissolve more solute, so it is unsaturated. When some sugar does not dissolve and settles at the bottom, the solution has reached the maximum amount of solute it can hold at that temperature, making it saturated. When heating the solution allows the remaining sugar to dissolve, the solution can now hold more solute than the saturated state at the lower temperature, so it is supersaturated.

Answer:

1. Unsaturated
2. Saturated
3. Supersaturated