$(a)$ List any three characteristics of a colloid.
$(b)$ Name the two components of a colloid.
$(c)$ Identify colloids from the following mixtures:
Muddy water,sugar in water,ink,blood,soda water,foam.

Sidak took $50\, mL$ of water in two beakers at room temperature and added sodium chloride to one beaker while sugar to the other,until no more solute could be dissolved. Then she heated the contents of the beakers and added more solutes in them.
$(a)$ Will the amount of salt and sugar that can be dissolved in water at a given temperature be the same?
$(b)$ What would you expect to happen if she cools the contents of the beakers? Justify your answer.

What happens when
$(i)$ a saturated solution is heated?
$(ii)$ a saturated solution is cooled slowly?

Which of the two will scatter light: soap solution or salt solution?

Define the term $solution$. Identify the solute and solvent in the following solutions:
$(i)$ Tincture of iodine
$(ii)$ Polluted air
$(iii)$ Soda water
$(iv)$ Dilute hydrochloric acid

Classify the following as sol,solution,or suspension:
$(i)$ Milk of magnesia
$(ii)$ Coloured gemstones
$(iii)$ Aerated drinks
$(iv)$ Emulsion paint