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Name: __________________________________

Gr & Sec: _______________________________

Subj. Teacher: ___________________________

Science
Quarter 1 – Module 4:
I Have Less, She Has Ample,
He Has More, Let Us See
What’s In Store!
Lesson 1 SATURATED and UNSATURATED SOLUTION

REMINDERS:

1. Return this module after two weeks.

2. Write your answers here.

3. Answer all questions.

What I Need to Know
In this Module 2, you found out that a solution is formed when a solute dissolves in a
solvent to form a single phase that appears uniform throughout. A solution is clear and the particles
are too small that they cannot be seen by the unaided eye. The particles in solution are smaller than
the pores of the filter paper or the cheesecloth and so these can pass through the filter.

In Module 3, you will find out how much solute can dissolve in a given amount of solvent
and find out the type of solution based on whether there is excess solute or not.
After going through this module, you are expected to:
1. Describe saturated and unsaturated solution;
2. Determine how much solid solute dissolves in each volume of water; and
3. Describe the appearance of a saturated solution.

What I Know
Directions: Read each item carefully. Write only the letter of the correct answer for each question. Use
a separate sheet for your answers.
1. In a salt water solution, what substance is considered the solvent?
A. Salt C. Both are solvents
B. Water D. Neither substance is a solvent
2. What substance can dissolve other substance in a solution?
C. Solute C. Solvent
D. Mixture D. All of the above
3. What is the substance called that is being dissolved in a solution?
E. Solute C. Solvent
F. Mixture D. All of the Above
4. Which of the following refers to the solution that contains as much solute as can dissolve at
a given temperature?
A. Solubility C. Saturated solution
B. Dilute solution D. Unsaturated solution
5. Which of the following refers to the solution that contains less solute than can dissolve at a
given temperature?
A. Solubility C. Saturated solution
B. Dilute solution D. Unsaturated solution
6. You are given a 40 mL solution in a beaker. You add solute to the beaker and it dissolves
completely. The solutions was_____________ .
A. Saturated C. Concentrated
B. Unsaturated D. Supersaturated
7. Something that can be dissolved in a solution is called_________.
A. Colloid C. Insoluble
B. Soluble D. Suspension
8. Substance dissolved in a solution is called ____________________ .
A. Solute C. Solution
B. Solvent D. Concentration
9. Jessica made a pitcher of lemonade. What can she do to dilute if she thinks it doesn't taste
right?
A. Add water C. Boil the lemonade
B. Add sugar D. Put it in the refrigerator
10. When a solution is saturated?
A. Crystals form
B. You need to stir it more
C. No additional material will dissolve in it
D. Two materials have combined to create a clear liquid

What’s In
In Grade 6, you have learned about different mixtures and their characteristics. You have
done activities where you mixed a solid and a liquid or combined two different liquids. In the process of
mixing, you have observed that these mixtures either form homogeneous or heterogeneous mixtures.
You have seen that when all parts of the mixture have the same uniform appearance and properties, it
is homogeneous.

Look at the given substances below and guess where each of the substances belongs. Answer
the table below by putting a check inside the table 1 if it is homogeneous or heterogeneous mixture .

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 Table 1: Activity 1: Where Do I belong?
Substance Homogeneous Heterogeneous

1.

Gelatin
2.

Cup of milk
3.

Candies

4.

Cup of coffee
5.

Vegetable Salad

Activity 2: “Finding Solutions at Home”

List down some common materials/solutions found at home and do the activity below:

Products Found at Home or in Solution/Not a Solution

Characteristics
Stores
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Guide Questions: (Write your answers in the table above.)

1. Describe the observable characteristics of listed products.
2. As you observe each product was described in terms of color and appearance, odor, feel, taste,
and number of phases, Which of these products are solutions?
What’s New
Activity 3: What is the Evidence that a Solution is saturated?
Perform the activity below :

Materials Needed
6 teaspoons sugar 2 stirrers /spoon
1 cup of water 1 thermometer
1 measuring cup (1cup capacity) 2 small clear, transparent bottle
1 measuring spoon (½ tsp capacity)

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 CAUTION: Use carefully the following laboratory instruments/kitchen materials to
avoid damage and accident during the conduct of activity.

Procedure:
Put 20 mL (approximately 2 tablespoons) of water in a small clear transparent bottle. Add ½
teaspoon of sugar and stir.
Q1. What is the appearance of the solutions? Write your observations.
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
To the sugar solution in step #1, add ½ teaspoon sugar, a small portion at a time and stir the
solution to dissolve the sugar. At this point, you have added 1 teaspoon sugar.
Add ½ teaspoon of sugar to the sugar solution in step #2 and stir the solution. At this point, you
have added one and ½ teaspoons of sugar.
Continue adding ½ teaspoon sugar to the same cup until the added sugar no longer dissolves.
Q2. How many teaspoons of sugar have you added until the sugar no longer dissolves?
Ans. _________ teaspoons
Note: In this step, you will observe that there is already excess sugar which did not dissolve.
Q3. So, how many teaspoons of sugar dissolved completely in 20 mL of water?
Ans. ____________ teaspoons
Note: This is now the maximum amount of sugar that will completely dissolve in 20 mL of water.
What is It
The substances that make up a homogeneous solution are called components of the solution.
These components are called solvent and a solute. What is solvent? What is solute?
Solvent it is a component of a solution which dissolves the other component in itself. It
institutes the larger component of the solution. For example, water is a solvent that dissolves solid
substance like sugar.
Solute it is the component of the solution which dissolves in the solvent. It has the lesser
component of the solution. For example, sugar is a solute that dissolves in water.
In Activity 3, you observed that the appearance of solution containing less amount of solute
(sugar) was clear or transparent. When sugar is dissolved in water, the particles of sugar gets between
the spaces of the particles of water and creates a single phase of solution. However, when you slowly
add more amount of sugar into a solution and stir it, you will observe that the solution reaches already
the point at which it cannot dissolve more solute and the sugar you add sinks to the bottom in solid
form.
You have observed that there is a maximum amount of solute like sugar that can dissolve
in a given amount of solvent like water at a certain temperature. The process took place between sugar
and water is called the solubility of the solute.
The solution that contains the maximum amount of solute dissolved by a given amount of
solvent is called a saturated solution. The presence of an excess solid which can no longer dissolve is
evidence that the solution is saturated. A solution is unsaturated when it contains less solute than the
maximum amount it can dissolve at a given temperature.
Guide Questions:
1. What is the difference between the Unsaturated and saturated solutions?
Ans.
__________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________
2. How do you know a solution is saturated?
Ans. _________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________
3. What happens when a solution becomes saturated?
Ans. _________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________
4. How many grams or teaspoons of sugar dissolved in 20 ml of water to form saturated solution?
Ans. _________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
What’s More
Study the table below and answer the following questions. Note: The 35 grams of table
salt will form saturated solution in 100 ml of water.

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 Amount of water in milliliter
Amount of Table salt in grams (g)
( ml)

1. 20 100

2. 35 100

3. 70 100

Guide Questions:
1. In which amount of table salt and water will form an unsaturated solution?
Ans. ____________________________________________________________________________________
2. How many grams of table salt will dissolve to water to form a saturated solution?
Ans. ____________________________________________________________________________________
3. Which of the following will form a supersaturated solution?
Ans. ____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________

What I Have Learned

Complete the statements below to express what you had learned from the lesson.
1.A maximum amount of solute that can dissolve in a given amount of solvent at a certain
temperature is called the ___________________________of the solute.
2. The solution that contains the maximum amount of solute dissolved by a given amount of
solvent is called a ____________________________.
3. The presence of an excess solid which can no longer dissolve is evidence that the solution is
_____________________________________.
4. A solution ____________________________when it contains less solute than the maximum
amount it can dissolve at a given temperature.
What I Can Do
List down some examples of solutions that we need to prepare/make in the form of Unsaturated
and Saturated solution.
Unsaturated Saturated

1.

2.

3.

Assessment
Directions: Read each item carefully. Write only the letter of the correct answer for each question.
1. You are given a 40 mL solution in a beaker. You add solute to the beaker and you observed some
particles did not dissolve. What solutions is it?
A. Saturated C. Concentrated
B. Unsaturated D. Supersaturated
2. What do you call a substance that dissolved in another substance which is in greater amount?
A. Solute C. Solute and Solvent
B. Solvent D. Neither Solute nor Solvent
3. What do you call a substance dissolved in any solution?
A. Solute C. Solute and Solvent
B.Solvent D. Neither Solute nor Solvent
4. What you can do if you add more amount of sugar in a cup of your hot milk and it taste very sweet?
A. Add water C. Mix the milk solution well
B. Add sugar D. Put it in the refrigerator for an hour
5. When a solution is saturated?
A. Crystals form
B. You need to stir it more
C. No additional material will dissolve in it
D. Two materials have combined to create a clear liquid
6. How will you prepare an unsaturated solution?
A. Freeze the mixture
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B. Stir the powder in the liquid

C. Add less amount of powder to the liquid
D. Add more amount of solute in a lower amount of solvent
7. To make a solute dissolve more quickly in a solvent, which would you do?
A. Stir it C. Let the solute settle down
B. Do not stir the solution D. Nothing to do with the solute
8. How will you define solubility?
A. Lack of polarity of molecules C. Ability of a solvent to dissolve in a solute
B. Amount of polarity of molecules D. Ability of a solute to dissolve in a solvent
9. Which refers to greater amount needed in dissolving mixtures?
A. Solute C. Solution
B. Solvent D. Hydration
10.Which of these factors will cause more sugar to dissolve in a saturated sugar solution?
I. Add more sugar while stirring
II. Add more sugar and heat the solution
III. Add more sugar to the heated solution
IV. Add more sugar and cool down the solution
A. I, II, III only C. II and III only
B. I and II only D. I, III, IV only

Additional Activities
Saturated solutions aren't just for science. Saturated solutions and solubility play an important role
in our lives, especially in the kitchen. In this home kitchen experiment, we will be examining how
temperature relates to solubility.

CAUTION: Please do the activity seriously to avoid some problems. Be careful in

handling hot water!

Directions:
1. Prepare two large cups and place it on the plane table.
2. Add hot water in one of the cup and cold water in the other cup.
3. Next, spoon by spoon add as much sugar as you can if it keeps dissolving. Do this to the hot water
first to avoid it cooling, and then repeat with the cold water.
4. Record how many spoonful of sugar you can add in each cup until it is completely dissolved.
Temperature Spoonful of Sugar
cold
hot

Question:
1. Which temperature had a greater solubility and how did you know?
Include observations from your experiment.
Ans. _____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________

Lesson 2 SUPERSATURATED SOLUTION

What I Need to Know

In lesson 1, you found out that you need to dissolve a given amount of a substance (solute)
in the required amount of water (solvent) to produce a saturated and unsaturated solution.

Here in Lesson 2, you will understand supersaturated solution. After going through this
lesson, you are expected to:
1. Define supersaturated solution
2. Compare and contrast saturated and supersaturated
 3. Cite the importance of supersaturated solution
What I Know
Directions: Read each item carefully. Write only the letter of the correct answer for each question.

1. Which of the following substances is most soluble in water?

A. Flour C. Cooking oil
B. Table sugar D. Baking soda
2. Which statement is true of any saturated solution at a given temperature?
A. No more solute will dissolve in the solution.
B. Adding more solute will increase the saturation
C. You can dissolve more solute if you stir the solution.
D. One liter of the solution contains 2000 grams of solute.
3. Which of the following refers to the maximum amount of solute that can dissolve in a given amount
of solvent at a certain temperature?
A. Solubility C. Saturated solution
B. Dilute solution D. Unsaturated solution
4. Which of these solutions has more solute than it can hold?
A. Saturated C. Unsaturated
B. Suspension D. Supersaturated
5. Supersaturated solution is one with___________?
A. Greater amount of solvent C. Less solvent than the solute
B. Less solute than the solvent D. Equal amounts of solute and solvent
6. What is something that can be dissolved in a solution called?
A. Colloid C. Insoluble
B. Soluble D. Suspension
7. What do you call a substance dissolved in a solution and contains greater amount of solute than the
other component?
A. Saturated C. Unsaturated
B. Suspension D. Supersaturated
8. Jessica wanted to ferment a fish. What type of salt solution she needs to prepare in order to conduct
fermentation?
A. Saturated C. Unsaturated
B. Suspension D. Supersaturated
9. When does a solution become a saturated?
A. Crystals form
B. You need to stir it more
C. No additional material will dissolve in it
D. Two materials have combined to create a clear liquid
10. A powder is about to be poured into the liquid. Which of the following should be done to make this
powder dissolve faster?
A. Freeze the mixture C. Add more powder to the liquid
B. Stirs the powder in the liquid D. Store the mixture in a dark place

What’s In
What have you learned from the previous lesson? Let’s try to check your prior-knowledge.
Procedures:
Arrange the letters of the following scrambled words in column A to make it correct.
Define each word by matching it to the given sentences in column B.
1. Write your answer in column C.

Term (A) Meaning (B) Answer ( C)

1. a solution in which the amount of solute is
LUBILSOITY equal to the solute’s solubility at a given
volume and temperature

2. is the ability of a substance to be dissolved in

TEDSATURAUN
another substance at a specific temperature
TIONSOLU and pressure.

3. a solution in which the amount of solute is less

RATEDSATU
than the solute’s solubility at a given volume
LUTISOON and temperature
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Look! What is in the picture below?

What will happen to the solutions if you will add more amounts of solutes like sugar in a cup of
hot coffee or cocoa powder in your hot cocoa drink? ___________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
What’s New
Activity 3: Making Supersaturated Solution
Materials Needed
Sugar Tripod/Any supporting cooking material Water
Wire gauze/Screen (15 cm2)
Beaker (250 mL) /Plastic cups Alcohol lamp/Candle
Stirring Rod/Spoon Alcohol lamp/Candle
Match stick

CAUTION: Use carefully the following laboratory instruments/kitchen materials to

avoid damage and accident during the conduct of activity. Be careful in doing the
activity especially if fire is involved. Make sure the presence of any adult
companions while doing this activity.
Procedures:
1. GET YOUR SAFETY GOOGLES AND APRONS ON!
2. Prepare a 250 ml beaker and stirring rod.
3. Fill the beaker with 100 ml of tap water.
4. Slowly add 100 grams of sugar to 100 mL water and stir it.
Q1. Observe and describe what happens to the solution.
Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________
5. Next, add another 100 grams of sugar to the sugar solution in step # 4.
Q2. Do the particles of sugar still dissolved in water?
Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________
6. Heat your solution of at least 80 0C and continue adding 100 grams to the same sugar into your
solution.
Q3. This time, what had you observed from the solution?
Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________
Q4. Be specific about the particles, did they still dissolve in water? Did the water change in
color?
Ans.________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
7. Stop boiling your solution. Add another 60 grams of sugar. Stir and observe what will happen?
Q5. Describe your solution.
Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________
Q6. What do you call the solution that contains more dissolved solute than a saturated
solution does?
Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________
8. Let your substance cool down its temperature up to 25 0C
Q7. What have you observed?
Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________
Q8. Are crystals formed in your solution after cooling it?
Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________
What is It
When you add more amount of solute in a solution and then you will observe some particles are
left at the bottom of the solution, at this point the solution is saturated. It is a solution in which the
amount of solute is equal to the solute’s solubility at a given volume and temperature.
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During heating of solution, you continue added solute in a solution and it still dissolved. At this
portion the solution is saturated at a higher temperature. Allowing the solution to cool down at normal
temperature and no solute crystallizes, the solution is Supersaturated Solution. It is a solution in
which the amount of solute is greater than the solute’s solubility at a given volume and temperature.
This state is unstable, which by slight agitation causes precipitation. In this process, some of the
solute will come out of the solution. Once precipitation occurs, the end result is a saturated solution.

Question:
What do you think are the differences and similarities between saturated, unsaturated and
supersaturated solution?
What’s More
Using the diagram below, compare and contrast between Saturated and Unsaturated solutions.
Write the similarities at the center of the diagram and their differences in both sides of diagram.
SATURATED SUPERSATURATED

What I Have Learned

Part A: Classify whether the solution described is saturated, unsaturated or supersaturated.

Solubility (grams solute per Type of

Solution at _____
100 mL solvent) at 250C Solution

36 36 grams in 100 mL solvent at 250C

80 80 grams in 100 mL solvent at 250C

40 80 grams in 100 mL solvent at 500C

50 100 grams in 200 mL solvent at 250C

 100 150 grams in 100 mL solvent at 500C

Part B: Read the statement inside the box and identify if the following solutions are saturated,
unsaturated, or supersaturated solutions below.

A solution containing 200 grams of sucrose (or table sugar) in 100 mL of water at
25 oC is a saturated solution.

1. A solution made by dissolving 200g of the same sugar in 100mL of water at 25 o C.

Ans. _______________________________________________________________________
2. An additional 100g of the same sugar was added to the previous solution in 100mL of water a
25 oC.
Ans. _______________________________________________________________________
3. The saturated solution is heated to 100 oC. All the solutes are dissolved in water.
Ans. _______________________________________________________________________
4. Cooling down the solution to 25 oC and no crystals were formed.
Ans. ____________________________________________________________________
What I Can Do
Congratulations for the job well done! Now to develop your writing skill, kindly make/compose a
poem related to Supersaturated Solution. Write your answer in a separate sheet of paper.
________________________________________________
TITLE
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

Assessment
Directions: Read each item carefully. Write only the letter of the correct answer for each question. Use
a separate sheet for your answers.
1. How will you identify a saturated solution?
A. Less solvent than solute C. Equal amounts of solute and solvent
B. Less solute than solvent D. Less amount of both solute and solvent
2. Which statements are true of any saturated solution at a given temperature?
A. No more solute will dissolve in the solution.
B. Adding more solute will increase the saturation.
C. You can dissolve more solute if you stir the solution.
D. One liter of the solution contains 2000 grams of solute.
3. What is solubility refers to its ability?
A. Solute to dissolve a solvent C. Solvent to dissolve in a solute
B. Solute to dissolve in a solvent D. Solvent and solute to dissolve each other
4. Which of the following refers to the solution that contains the maximum amount of solute
dissolved by a given amount of solvent?
A. Solubility C. Unsaturated solution
B. Saturated solution D. Supersaturated solution
5. Which of the following refers to the solution that contains less amount of solute than can
dissolve at a given temperature?
A. Solubility C. Unsaturated solution
B. Saturated solution D. Supersaturated solution
6. You are given a 30 mL solution in a beaker. You add solute to the beaker and it dissolves
completely. What is the solution?
 A. Solubility C. Unsaturated solution
B. Saturated solution D. Supersaturated solution
7. Which of the following are made up of solutes and solvents?
A. Colloids C. Solutions
B. Mixtures D. Suspensions
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8. What is the solution that contains more solute than a saturated solution under the same
conditions?
A. Solution C. Unsaturated
B. Saturated D. Supersaturated
9. Why increasing temperature of the solvent will speed up the dissolving process? Because it brings
A. more solute to crystallize.
B. less solute molecules to the solvent.
C. fresh solvent into contact with more solute.
D. more solvent molecules to collide with the solute.
10. When does a solution become saturated?
A. Crystals form
B. You need to stir it more
C. No additional material will dissolve in it
D. Two materials have combined to create a clear liquid
11. Which of the following describes a solvent?
A. It’s a metal molecule
B. Another word for solution
C. A thing that makes drinks turns colors
D. The liquid in which a solute is dissolved to form a solution
12. To make a solute dissolve more quickly in a solvent which would you do?
A. Stir it in cold water C. Let the solute settle down
B. Stir it in warm water D. Nothing to do with the solute
13. Which of these does the dissolving that is usually presented in greater amounts?
A. Solute C. Solution
B. Solvent D. Hydration
14. How does the solubility of a solid change when the temperature of the liquid solvent is increased? A.
The solubility increases
B. The solubility decreases
C. There is no change in the solubility
D. The change in the solubility is unpredictable
15. A saturated solution is made by dissolving 36.8g of a solid in 200mL of water. A second solution is
made by dissolving 19.1 g of the same solid in 100mL of water. How the solution would be
classified?
A. Unsaturated C. Supersaturated
B. Saturated D. Hypersaturated
Additional Activities
Prepare the following materials:
*Balance/Digital weighing scale * Graduated Cylinder/ Any measuring cup
*Beaker/Plastic cup * Sodium Chloride (Table Salt)
*Thermometer * Funnel
*Stirring rod/Spoon
Procedures:
1. Make your own procedure for determining the solubility of sodium chloride in water at 30 0C.
2. Create a supersaturated solution using table salt as your solute
3. Make an observation regarding the result of your activity. (Write your answer below.)

Answer Key
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