Question

Sasha did an experiment to study the solubility of two substances. She poured 100 mL of water at 20 °C into each of two beakers labeled A and B. She put 50 g of Substance A in the beaker labeled A and 50 g of Substance B in the beaker labeled B. The solution in both beakers was stirred for 1 minute. The amount of substance left undissolved in the beakers was weighed. The experiment was repeated for different temperatures of water and the observations were recorded as shown.
Part 1: Which substance has a higher solubility?

Part 2: Explain your answer for Part 1.

Answer 1

Answer:

A

Explanation:

The solubility of a substance is directly proportional to the temperature. It means that solubility will increase with the increases in temperature. At higher temperature, the kinetic energy increased that allow the solvent molecules to break the solute particles more effectively.

Substance A has a higher solubility because the weight of substance A measured at the end of the experiment is less than the weight of substance B.

Hence, the correct answer is A.