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WATER AND ITS EVERYDAY USES 



spoon will dissolve in water. Water has the property 

 of dissolving some substances which are called soluble ; 



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Wright Pierce 

 Try an experiment like this and see what results you get. 



those substances which will not dissolve are insoluble. 

 A liquid which will dissolve a substance is called a solvent 

 of that substance. Every part of a breakfast cereal 

 can be salted evenly if the salt is 

 dissolved in the water before the 

 cereal is added to the water. 



How to Make Oil and Water Mix. 

 You often hear the saying that 

 " water and oil do not mix." You 

 can prove it if you wish and then 

 you can disprove it. Suppose you 

 put half a cup of water into an 8-oz. 

 bottle and add a tablespoonful of 



kerosene Or fuel oil to it. Close 



the ^^ and shake it vigorously, 

 shaking. Upon standing, the oil quiekly 



