Question

Classify each of the following as a homogeneous or heterogeneous mixture. Soda water, wood, air, soil, vinegar, filtered tea?

Answer 1

Homogeneous mixture:

• A mixture that has uniform composition and properties throughout the mixture is known as a homogeneous mixture.

Heterogeneous mixture:

• A mixture that contains physically distinct parts and has a non-uniform composition in the mixture is known as a Heterogeneous mixture.

Classifying the given mixtures as homogeneous and heterogeneous mixtures:

• Homogeneous mixture: Filtered tea, vinegar, air and soda water
• As in the case of filtered tea, vinegar, air, and soda water, the composition of the solution is uniform throughout, and also the particles as invisible distinctly behave as one phase hence, they are examples of homogeneous solutions.
• Heterogeneous mixture: wood and soil
• Similarly, in the case of wood and soil, the composition is not uniform throughout the mixture hence, they are examples of heterogeneous mixtures.

Hence, the homogeneous mixtures are given as : Filtered tea, vinegar, air, and soda water and the heterogeneous mixture are given as : wood and soil.