| A | B |
| mixture | combination of substances which can be separated by physical means |
| alloy | a mixture of metals |
| ores | a natural mixture of metals from which a pure metal can be extracted |
| solution | a liquid mixture |
| solute | the dissolved particles in a solution |
| solvent | the liquid in which the solute is dissolved |
| homogeneous solution | solute is well dissolved and present in equal amounts throughout the solution |
| heterogeneous solution | solute not equally distributed throughout the solvent |
| solubility | a measure of how much solute can be dissolved in a solvent at a particular temperature |
| solubility graphs | used to show the solubility of different substances |