Question

There is a change in energy when sugar is dissolved in water.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is B False

• Dissolving sugar in water is an example of a physical change.
• Physical change - It is a change in which a substance undergoes a change in its physical state.
• Dissolving is a physical change.
• When dissolving sugar in water no new substance is formed.
• When a solid is dissolved in a liquid then the solid breaks up into individual molecules which occupy the empty intermolecular space of liquid molecules.
• Therefore, there is no change in energy.

Thus, the given statement is false.