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Food coloring dissolves in water due to the fact that food coloring is actually an aqueous solution in the bottle. This means that the liquid is actually colored powder mixed in hot water to produce the food color. If you boiled off the liquid found in the bottle, you will find color powder left over. From there, you could add it back into a glass of water. It will dissolve because it dissociates when placed in water.

Matter exists in three states or phases: solid, liquid, and gas. A combination of the motion of molecules and their attraction for one another determines whether a substance is a solid, liquid, or gas. Adding heat energy increases the motion of molecules.Removing heat energy, or cooling, decreases the motion of molecules.

If heat is added to a solid, the molecules can move fast enough to change from a solid to a liquid (Melting). If heat is added to a liquid, the molecules can move fast enough to change from a liquid to a gas (Evaporation). If heat is removed from a gas, the molecules can slow down enough to change from a gas to a liquid (Condensation).

If heat is removed from a liquid, the molecules can slow down enough to change from a liquid to a solid (Freezing). Heat always moves from an object at a higher temperature to an object at a lower temperature.

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because when the water sits still it dessolves faster when nothing is moving

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Polar compounds are soluble in water.

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Q: Why will food coloring dissolve in water but not in oil?
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Why does food colouring go through oil?

Food coloring spreads in water but not oil because the molecules that make up the coloring are soluble (able to be dissolved) in water. Water molecules are polar, which means they have an unequal distribution of charge on them. They are like little magnets, with a positive side and a negative side. Other particles with charge will be attracted to these little magnets, resulting in the material dissolving in water. The food coloring dissolves in water because its particles spread out amidst the water molecules due to this attraction. Oil is a non-polar substance, which means that its particles have no charge. Other non-polar materials will dissolve in oil, but a polar substance will not. Hence the separation of oil and water when they are mixed together. Oil is also thicker then water


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