In the single displacement reaction shown, the cupric ions lost two electrons.
Cu²⁺ + 2e⁻ → Cu
The replacement of a metallic ion in solution by a metal atom higher in the activity series than than the metal in solution falls into this category of reactions.
Since Zn higher in the series, it displacements the cupric ions.
Explanation:Things being dissolved are solutes and things doing the dissolving are the solutions. So Sugar is being dissolved by water which makes sugar the solute.
