Question

1. jose had an assignment to classify mixtures he found around his home. as he started exploring the house, he recalled that mixtures are defined by the size and behavior of the particles in them. he found some buckets of paint in the garage. what kind of mixture can paint be classified as? a. colloid b. solution c. solvent d. suspension

Explanation:

• A colloid is a mixture where tiny particles are dispersed throughout another substance. Paint has pigment particles dispersed in a liquid medium (like water or oil - based solvents). The particles in paint are not large enough to settle out like in a suspension (where particles are large and will settle over time), and not small enough to form a true solution (where particles are at the molecular or ionic level and completely homogeneous). A solvent is a part of a solution (the component that dissolves the solute), not a type of mixture.

Answer:

A. colloid