Solutions...

There are many things that we have hit on with solutions.  Here are a few of the highlights:

• Solutions have two parts - solute (solid which dissolves) and the solvent (liquid which causes the dissolving)
• Dissolving is not a chemical reaction or a phase change
• During dissolving, the solvent breaks the bonds of the solute, which "carries away" the solute in the solvent
• Substances that don't dissolve are insoluble
• Solutions can be separated back into original states through filtering and evaporation