Question

Ice cubes in water form a ___________(homogeneous/heterogeneous mixtures)

Answer 1

Homogeneous mixtures

• The components present in a mixture are in same phase, where we can not distinguish the presence of components with our naked eye
• Salt solution is an example of homogeneous mixture

Heterogeneous mixtures

• The components present in the mixture are generally in different phase, we can distinguish the presence of components with our naked eye since they remain physically separate
• Sand in water is a good example for heterogeneous mixture

Ice cubes in the water remain physically separated, so we can distinguish the presence of ice cubes and water in a beaker with our naked eye.

Hence, Ice cubes in water form a heterogeneous mixture