science crossword year seven term 4
Across
- 5. Saturation is the point at which a solution of a substance can dissolve no more of that substance.
- 6. The water cycle or hydrologic cycle describes the complex systems that allow water to move across the Earth and atmosphere. The most basic step of the water cycle is the change of state of water as a liquid, gas or solid in the atmosphere.
- 9. In chemistry, solubility is the ability of a substance, the solute, to form a solution with another substance, the solvent. Insolubility is the opposite property, the inability of the solute to form such a solution.
- 10. Concentration is the degree to which one substance is present in a mixture.
- 11. A solution is a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances. A solution may exist in any phase.
Down
- 1. A solvent is a molecule that has the ability to dissolve other molecules, known as solutes.
- 2. a substance that can be dissolved by a solvent to create a solution. A solute can come in many forms. It can be gas, liquid, or solid.
- 3. Insoluble means incapable of dissolving in a solvent. It is rare for absolutely no solute to dissolve at all. However, many substances are poorly soluble.
- 4. A gyre is a large system of rotating ocean currents. There are five major gyres, which are large systems of rotating ocean currents. The ocean churns up various types of currents.
- 7. A substance that cannot be separated physically
- 8. More than one substance combined