Name: Garnet Lee Date: 3/23/21
Make a copy of this to your Google drive. Click on the Gizmo icon in Classlink, select the Solubility
and Temperature Gizmo, and complete the following. Take a screenshot of your quiz results and
attach to the bottom of this page.
Student Exploration: Solubility and Temperature
50 points
Directions: Follow the instructions to go through the simulation. Respond to the questions and
prompts in the orange boxes.
Vocabulary: concentration, dissolve, homogeneous mixture, solubility, solubility curve, solute, solution, solvent
Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.)
1. What happens when you stir a spoonful The sugar will dissolve
of sugar into hot water?
2. When sugar or another substance is dissolved in water, it disappears from view and forms a
homogeneous mixture with the water, also called a solution.
If you can’t see the sugar, how can you tell that it is there? the color of the water changes
and it will taste different
3. Does sugar dissolve more easily in hot water or cold water? sugar dissolves more easily
in hot water
Gizmo Warm-up
A solution generally consists of two parts, a solute that is dissolved
and a solvent that the solute is dissolved into. For example, sugar is a
solute that is dissolved into the solvent water. In the Solubility and
Temperature Gizmo, you will study how temperature affects how much
solute will dissolve in a solution.
To begin, check that Potassium nitrate is selected and the Temp. of
the water is 20 °C. Click OK.
1. In this solution, what is the solute? potassium What is the solvent? water
nitrate
2. Click Add 10 g to mix 10 g of potassium nitrate into the water.
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A. Did all of the potassium nitrate dissolve? yes
B. How can you tell? you cant see the potassium nitrate
Get the Gizmo ready:
Activity A:
● Click Reset.
Solubility ● Check that the Temp. is 20 °C and that Potassium
nitrate is selected.
Question: How do we find how much solute can be dissolved in a solvent?
1. Observe: Click OK. Click Add 20 g, and observe the potassium nitrate being mixed into the solution. On
the right, select the BAR CHART tab and turn on Show numerical value. The bars show how much solute
has been added and how much has piled up on the bottom.
Did all of the solute dissolve? yes
2. Calculate: The concentration of a solution is equal to the mass of solute divided by the volume of solvent.
Units of concentration are grams per 100 milliliters (g/100 mL, or g/dL).
What is the concentration of this solution? 02 g/mL
3. Experiment: Click Add 20 g again.
A. Did all of the solute dissolve? Explain how you can tell. No, you can see the
potassium nitrate at the
bottom of the beaker
B. Based on the amount of solute added and the amount 30.65
piled up on the bottom, how many grams of solute
dissolved in the water?
C. The solubility of the solution is equal to the maximum concentration of the solute. What is the
solubility of potassium nitrate in 20 °C water? 3.065 g/mL
4. Experiment: Click Reset, and select Sodium chloride. With the Temp. still set to 20 °C, click OK. Add
sodium chloride to the beaker until it starts piling up at the bottom.
A. How much sodium chloride did you add? 37g
B. How much sodium chloride piled up at the bottom? .34g
C. How much sodium chloride dissolved in the water? 36.66
D. What is the solubility of sodium chloride in 20 °C water? 3.67 g/mL
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5. Apply: At 20 °C, how much sodium chloride could be dissolved into 2 L of water? 733.2
How much potassium nitrate could be dissolved into the same amount of water? 613
Activity B: Get the Gizmo ready:
● Click Reset.
Solubility and ● Set the Temp. to 10 °C.
temperature ● Select Potassium nitrate, and click OK.
Question: How does temperature of the solvent affect solubility?
1. Predict: Based on your own experience, how do you expect temperature to affect solubility?
the colder the temperature the less that will dissolve into the water lowering the solubility
2. Gather data: Use the Gizmo to measure the solubility of potassium nitrate at each temperature given in the
table below. Then, graph the resulting solubility curve at right.
Solubility
Temperature
(g/100 mL)
10 °C 20.54
20 °C 30.65
30 °C 44.44
40 °C 61.91
50 °C 83.06
60 °C 107.89
70 °C 136.4
80 °C 168.59
90 °C 204.47
3. Infer: Based on your graph, what would you predict is the solubility of potassium nitrate at a temperature of
5 °C? 95 °C? Check your 5 °C prediction with the Gizmo.
5 °C predicted solubility: 5 °C actual solubility:
95 °C predicted solubility: (Impossible to find actual solubility using
Gizmo.)
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4. Explain: Potassium nitrate absorbs a large amount of heat energy from the water as it dissolves. How does
this explain the solubility curve you graphed for potassium nitrate?
5. Gather data: Now use the Gizmo to measure the solubility of sodium chloride at each temperature given in
the table below. Then, graph the solubility curve of sodium chloride.
Solubility
Temperature
(g/100 mL)
10 °C
20 °C
30 °C
40 °C
50 °C
60 °C
70 °C
80 °C
90 °C
6. Infer: Based on your graph, what would you predict is the solubility of sodium chloride at a temperature of 5
°C? 95 °C? Check your predictions with the Gizmo.
5 °C predicted solubility: 5 °C actual solubility:
95 °C predicted solubility: 95 °C actual solubility:
7. Compare: How does the solubility curve for sodium chloride compare with the solubility curve for potassium
nitrate?
8. Infer: Potassium nitrate absorbs a lot of heat from water as it dissolves. Based on its solubility curve, what
can you infer about how much heat sodium chloride absorbs?
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9. Think and discuss: What do you think the solubility curve would look like for sugar? Explain.
Complete the 5 question quiz and attach a picture of
your results here!
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