Air is made up of about 21% oxygen and 78% nitrogen. In this solution, oxygen is the _____ and nitrogen is the _____.
A. solute; solvent
B. solvent; solute
C. element; compound
D. compound; element

Question

Air is made up of about 21% oxygen and 78% nitrogen. In this solution, oxygen is the _____ and nitrogen is the _____. 
	A.	solute; solvent
	B.	solvent; solute
	C.	element; compound
	D.	compound; element

anonymous · Answer

Oxygen is the solute where as the nitrogen is the solvent

rzlearner · Answer

https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20130319144048AAUZKdB Aleman is correct. Simply using logic you can make a guess that the larger amount is the substance doing the dissolving. A and D don't make sense because both oxygen and nitrogen are elements!

rzlearner · Answer

I mean C and D!

Solvent=substance doing the dissolving (think water!)
solute= substance being dissolved (think salt!)
element=pure natural (for most) chemical substance made of ONLY one type of atom that cannot be separated by normal chemical means
Compund= something composed of two or more elements in a fixed ratio (H20!!)