You begin pouring sodium chloride into a glass of water. for a long time, the sodium chloride just dissolves in the water, but suddenly it begins to pile up at the bottom of the glass. which statement is true?
oa. the sodium chloride has increased the temperature of the water.
ob. the sodium chloride has decreased the temperature of the water.
oc. the water is unsaturated.
od. the water is saturated.

Explanation:

Solubility is the term used to designate the maximum amount of a solute that can be dissolved in a given amount of solvent, at a given temperature and pressure.

At start, you begin with pure water in the glass. This water is a pure substance, not a solution.

When you begin pouring sodium chloride into the glass of water, a solution, i.e. a homogenous mixture of solute and solvent, is formed.

This solution, at first, is diuted, which means that it contanins just few grams (matter) of the solute dissolved.

As, more sodium chloride is dissolved, the solution becomes more concentrated but is unsaturated. At some point, the water cannot dissolve more sodium chloride, because it has reached the maximum amount that can contain at that temperature and pressure. Then, the solution is saturated.

You can tell that the water is saturated, ie it contaiins the maximum amount of sodium chloride that can be dissolved, by that amount of water, at the given temperature, because from that point, you will note that as you pour more sodium chloride, it begins to pile up at the bottom of the glass. Hence, the true statement is the letter D: the water is saturated.

answer: option (4) is the correct answer.

explanation:

areas which are at low altitudes and near the equator tend to receive direct sunlight from the sun. hence, heat energy or radiations from the sun make these areas warmer and they have warmest water.

whereas areas which are at high altitudes and away from the equator do no receive direct sunlight. hence, no direct contact from the sun makes these regions colder and thus, they have colder water.

thus, we can conclude that the statement areas at low latitudes near the equator have the warmest water because they receive the most direct sunlight best explains the relationship between an area's geography and the temperature of its surface water.