You wake up in the morning and make yourself a cup of coffee. You pour the coffee in your cup, add milk, add sugar, and stir everything together. The result is a uniform cup of caffeinated goodness. Each sip should taste and look the same.
This is an example of a homogeneous mixture. In this type of mixture, the components are evenly distributed throughout and the mixture has a uniform appearance. You shouldn't be able to pick out the individual components. Additionally, you can describe a homogeneous mixture as having only one phase. A phase is any part of the mixture that has the same chemical properties and uniform distribution of the components.
Heterogeneous
When you're eating a bowl of cereal, you are consuming a heterogeneous mixture. You can easily see the different things that make up this mixture: the milk and the cereal. Each spoonful will have different distributions of the components.
A heterogeneous mixture has components that are not evenly distributed. This means that you can easily distinguish between the different components. A heterogeneous mixture has two or more phases. This doesn't necessarily mean phases of matter, like liquid or solid. For example, a mixture of water and oil has two liquid phases. Each phase has its own distinct chemical properties.
