| A | B |
| Solute | The substance of a solution that is being dissolved |
| Solvent | The substance that dissolves the solute |
| Desalination | Any method that removes dissolved salts from ocean water to produce fresh water |
| Distillation | Water is evaporated from a solution |
| Solubility | Of a substance is the maximum number of grams of the substance that will dissolve in 100g of solvent at a certain temperature |
| Saturated Solution | A solution that has dissolved all the solute it can hold at any given temperature |
| Unsaturated Solution | Any solution that can dissolve more solute at a given temperature |
| Supersaturated Solution | Contains more solute than a saturated one has at that temperature |
| Dissociation | When an ionic solid in water, the positive and negative ions separate from one another |
| Ionization | When certain polar substances dissolve in water, the water pulls their molecules apart |
| Electrolyte | A substance that separates into ions or forms ions in a water solution |
| Nonelectrolyte | A substance whose water solutions are nonconducting |