Science 7

Science – Grade 7
Quarter 1 – Module 1:
First Edition, 2020

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 Science 7
Quarter 1
Self-Learning Module 15
Solution: Saturated and Unsaturated
Solution
Introductory Message
For the facilitator:

Welcome to the Science 7 Self-Learning Module 15 on Solution: Saturated and

Unsaturated Solution

This Self-Learning Module was collaboratively designed, developed and

reviewed by educators from the Schools Division Office of Pasig City headed by its
Officer-in-Charge Schools Division Superintendent, Ma. Evalou Concepcion A.
Agustin, in partnership with the City Government of Pasig through its mayor,
Honorable Victor Ma. Regis N. Sotto. The writers utilized the standards set by the K
to 12 Curriculum using the Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC) in
developing this instructional resource.

This learning material hopes to engage the learners in guided and independent
learning activities at their own pace and time. Further, this also aims to help learners
acquire the needed 21st century skills especially the 5 Cs, namely: Communication,
Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Character while taking into
consideration their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the
body of the module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies that
will help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this
module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to
manage their own learning. Moreover, you are expected to encourage and assist the
learners as they do the tasks included in the module.
 For the Learner:

Welcome to the Science 7 Self-Learning Module on Solution: Saturated and

Unsaturated Solution

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful
opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You
will be enabled to process the contents of the learning material while being an active
learner.

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

Expectations - This points to the set of knowledge and skills

that you will learn after completing the module.

Pretest - This measures your prior knowledge about the lesson

at hand.

Recap - This part of the module provides a review of concepts

and skills that you already know about a previous lesson.

Lesson - This section discusses the topic in the module.

Activities - This is a set of activities that you need to perform.

Wrap-Up - This section summarizes the concepts and

application of the lesson.

Valuing - This part integrates a desirable moral value in the

lesson.

Posttest – This measures how much you have learned from the
entire module.
 EXPECTATIONS

Is there a limit to the amount of solute that will dissolve in a solvent?

Knowing the amount solute that will dissolve in a solvent can help us
determine how much detergent we use to wash clothes, how much teaspoon
of coffee to mix in water, and know the enough measurement of powdered
juice to mix in water. Farmers dissolve fertilizers in water before spraying
them on crops. If they know the solubility of the fertilizer in water, they can
measure and dissolve the correct amount in water.

Many solutions are made in chemical labs and industries by mixing

various chemicals in water. Knowing the solubility helps to reduce the amount
of chemical used by preventing wastage
What will you learn in this module?
1.Investigate the properties of unsaturated, saturated and
supersaturated solutions S7MT-Ic-2.5 a.
2.Perform an experiment on saturation of solution and differentiate
saturated, unsaturated and supersaturated solutions.
Are you ready to explore?

PRETEST

Let’s try this out! Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter
on a separate sheet of paper.

1. What do you call a solution that contains a small amount of solute? More
solute would dissolve if added, example lightly sweet tea.
A. Saturated
B. Solvent
C. Supersaturated
D. Unsaturated

2. What do you call a solutions that contains a too amount of solute and will
not dissolve, but it appears to be thick and crystallizes rapidly?
A. Saturated
B. Solvent
C. Supersaturated
D. Unsaturated
3. A water containing all the sugar that would normally dissolve at 10
degrees Celsius is what kind of solution?
A. Saturated
B. Solvent
C. Supersaturated
D. Unsaturated

4. Which of the following statement BEST describe a solution??

A. saturated and unsaturated
B. saturated and supersaturated
C. unsaturated and supersaturated
D. diluted, saturated and unsaturated

5. What makes a solution saturated?

A. When the solvation process stabilizes
B. When the solute dissolves
C. When the solvent stabilizes
D. When the solvent mixed with the solute

RECAP

Direction: Place a check in appropriate column (either a substance are

soluble or insoluble.)

A solute is soluble when it dissolves completely in a solvent.

A solute is insoluble when it cannot dissolve in a solvent.

Some solutes are partially soluble, meaning only a bit dissolves while
the rest remains solid.

Substance Soluble Insoluble

1.Flour

2.Salt

3.Sugar

4.Pepper

5.Mongo Seed
 LESSON

How much solute can be dissolved in a given amount of solvent? Find

out in the following activity.

Let’s perform this activity, you will be needing the following materials:

Materials
100 mL water (you can look for an appropriate container to measure the
water)
2 stirrers (clean barbecue stick, wooden stick or chop stick will do as well)
6 teaspoons of iodized salt
1 measuring spoon (1/2 tsp capacity)
1 Plastic cup

Procedure

1. Put 20 mL of water in one of the plastic cups. (You may look for an empty
container labeled with 20 mL to get an accurate water measurement).Add 1/2
teaspoon of salt and stir. Observe the appearance of the solution.

2. Add again,1/2 teaspoon of iodized salt, one small portion at a time and stir
the solution to dissolve the salt. Now, you have added 1 teaspoon salt.

3. Add another, 1/2 teaspoon of iodized salt to the solution and stir the
solution. Now, you have added 1 and 1/2 teaspoons of iodized salt.

4. Continue adding 1/2 teaspoon of iodized salt to the same container until
the added salt no longer dissolves.

What happened to the appearance of the solution when you first added
1/2 teaspoon of iodized salt in 20mL of water?

How much iodized salt have you added until it is no longer dissolves?
What did you observe? What can you conclude after the activity?

In the activity you have worked with what is called a saturated solution
or the solution that contains the maximum amount of solute dissolved in a
given amount of solvent. How does this occur? What is the evidence that a
solution is saturated? You’re right! If more solute is being added to the solvent
and comes to the point when no solute, longer dissolves and reach its
saturation point. Can you speed up the dissolving process of the excess
solute? Most probably yes, through heating, stirring, or shaking, this cause
more solute dissolve than it would at a lower temperature. But as the solution
cools, the excess solute crystallizes out, leaving a saturated solution.
 While if more solute can be dissolved in the solution, the solution is
said to be an unsaturated solution. Meanwhile, a supersaturated solution
is prepared by setting a saturated solution at higher temperature.

A simple test can be done this way to identify whether a solution is

unsaturated, supersaturated, or saturated.

Add a sugar crystal as your solute to a glass of water to form a sugar

solution. If the sugar crystal dissolves in the solution, the solution is
unsaturated. If you add another spoonful/s of sugar then it does not dissolve
the solution is saturated. If more sugar crystals are added causing the sugar
crystals to come out, then the solution is supersaturated.

Our everyday experiences illustrate this kind of behavior in solution.

For example, if a spoonful of sugar is added to a glass of iced tea, this can be
dissolved quickly by stirring to hasten the rate of mixing. This process is said
to be unsaturated solution. However, if you continue adding another spoonful
of sugar wherein you reach the maximum point of sweetness, then the sugar
simply sinks at the bottom. This point the solution has become saturated.

Let’s try this out!

ACTIVITIES

This activity will explore whether or not there is a limit to how much of
one substance can dissolve in another.

Activity 1: Solution and Phase Diagram

There are different concentrations of sugar in solution in beaker A, B,
C. The first solution is saturated, another solution is unsaturated, then the
third solution is supersaturated.
Increased concentration is illustrated by the density of the dots in the
diagram. The dots represent the dissolved molecules. The undissolved sugar
in beaker B is shown as darkened area.

A B C
In the question below please underline the correct answer and give an
explanation.

1. Solution A is ( saturated, unsaturated, supersaturated )

because___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

2. Solution B is ( saturated, unsaturated, supersaturated )

because___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

3. Solution C is ( saturated, unsaturated, supersaturated )

because___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

Closure: Compare and contrast saturated and unsaturated solution based

on the illustration.

___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

Activity 2: Saturated vs Unsaturated Solution

Count the particles present in each beaker . Fill in the table to show the
number of dissolved solute particles and the number of solid solute particles.
Unsaturated Saturated

• All beakers Beaker A Beaker B Beaker C Beaker D Beaker E

contain 10.0
g of water.

• All beakers
are kept at
20 °C.
• All solutions
are stirred
for 2 hours.
1.0 g of 2.0 g of 3.6 g of 7.0 g of 9.0 g of
• Solute is the solute added solute added
same solute added solute added solute added
substance
in all
beakers

Number of
dissolve
particles 5 18 18

Number of
solid
particles 0 17
 1. Which illustration below represents;

a. solute particles in a solid state in water?

b. solute particles in an aqueous state?

__________ __________

2. What variables are controlled in all five beakers?

3. Consider the beakers in the table.

a. Which beakers represent unsaturated solutions?

b. Which beakers represent saturated solutions?

4. Beakers A–E in the table are depicted as representing five different or
separate solutions. They could also be considered as five “snapshots” of
the same beaker over time. In other words, if additional measured
quantities of solute were stirred into beaker A in small increments over
time, then beakers B–E would result.

a. When a small amount of additional solute is added to an

unsaturated solution, what happens to the number of dissolved
particles? Provide specific evidence from the table to support your
answer.

b. When a small amount of additional solute is added to a saturated

solution, what happens to the number of dissolved particles?
Provide specific evidence from the table to support your answer.

c. Predict what would happen if a small amount of additional solute

were stirred into beaker E in the table.

Closure: Why are more solute not dissolved in a saturated solution? Explain.

___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
 Activity 3: Solution Everywhere!

Read each situation below and identify what type of solution is being
described. In space provided write if it is a saturated or unsaturated
solution.
____________1. Carbonated water, hence it gives off carbon through bubbles.
____________2. Coffee powder totally mixed upon added to water.
____________3. Adding sugar to water until it no longer dissolves.
____________4. Sugar dissolved into vinegar.
____________5. Mixing powdered soap into water until it does not dissolve.
____________6. Chocolate powder added to milk at the point that no more
powder can be added.
____________7. Continuing to dissolve salt in water until it will no longer
dissolve.
____________8. Water with juice powder to create a beverage.
____________9. Coffee with sugar when no more will mix in to the coffee.
____________10. Salt added to vinegar when the salt no longer dissolves.

Closure: Miggy mixed 30 g of coffee in 50 mL of milk while Roby mixed 40 g

of strawberry powder in 100 mL of milk to make it saturated. Which of these
solutes has greater solubility? Give a reason for your answer.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

WRAP-UP

Solubility is defined as the maximum amount of solute dissolved by a

given amount of solvent at a definite temperature. The solubility of the given
substances in a given solute is temperature-dependent. Solution containing
the maximum amount of solute at room temperature is saturated. When more
solute is added into the solution the solute will no longer dissolve.

If the solution contains the maximum amount of solute at an elevated

temperature the solution is supersaturated. When more solute is added into
the solution, crystals will form. If the solution contains less quantity of solute
than what can be dissolved at room temperature it is unsaturated. When
more solute is added into solution the solute dissolves.
 VALUING

Have you tried preparing coffee in cold water? Do you think the
coffee, cream and sugar will dissolve readily in cold water?
At a higher temperature, more solute can dissolve in a given solvent.

Why do doctors advise us to drink at least 8 to 10 glasses of water daily?

Food is better assimilated in our system when dissolved in water.

POSTTEST

Hi! I see you did well in all the activities. Now, try answering the questions
below! Choose the letter of the best answer.

1. Which of the following can be both describes a solution?

A. saturated and unsaturated C. unsaturated and supersaturated
B. saturated and supersaturated D. saturated and superunsaturated

2. When another crystal was added to a water solution of the same

substance, the
crystal seemed to remain unchanged. Its particles__________
A. go into an unsaturated solution
B. exchange places with others in the solutions
C. cause the solution to become supersaturated
D. not going into solution in this static condition

3. Roby was preparing his chocolate drink in a glass of hot water. He

poured the whole pack of chocolate powder into the glass and stirred it
well. After stirring for some time, he still found precipitates at the bottom
of the glass. What type of solution did Roby prepare?
A. Homogeneous solution C. Saturated solution
B. Heterogeneous solution D. Unsaturated solution

4. While mixing the powder juice into a glass of water, Miggy accidentally
poured too much of the powder from what is recommended. What type of
solution did Miggy made?
A. Homogeneous solution C. Saturated solution
B. Heterogeneous solution D. Unsaturated solution
5. Which of the following BEST describes unsaturated solution?
A. A solution with more solute that the given solvent.
B. A solution (with more solute than the saturated solution) that
contains more undissolved solute than the saturated solution because
of its tendency to crystallize and precipitate.
C. A solution (with less solute than the saturated solution) that
completely dissolves, leaving no remaining substances.
D. A solution with solute that dissolves until it is unable to dissolve
anymore, leaving the undissolved substances at the bottle.

KEY TO CORRECTION

Pretest Posttest Activity 1 Activity 2

5.A 5.B vary.
Reason may solute
4. A 4.C
27 17 0 0 0 # of dissolved
3.C 3. Unsaturated
3. D
solute
2. A 2.C 2. Saturated 18 18 18 10 5 # of dissolved
1.D 1.A 1. Saturated

Activity 2

Activity 3

10.Unsaturated

Unsaturated 9.
Unsaturated 8.
Saturated 7.
Saturated 6.
Saturated 5.
Unsaturated 4.
Saturated 3.
Unsaturated 2.
Saturated 1.
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Fidelino, Trinidad B.,Mapa, Amelia P.”Chemistry Textbook”.SEMP2Ń

K to 12 Grade 7 Learner’s Material in Science Q1 pages 3-8

K to 12 Grade 7 Teacher’s Guide in Science Q1 pages 1-3

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