The most common reason is that the solids are absorbing water in sufficient volume to cause a notable change in volume, without dissolving or losing their appearance as solids.
No. Some solids can be dissolved in water, some can't.
Yes, it gets bigger and some of the color goes into the water.
Water is a solvent, because some solids will dissolve in it.
yes it is bigger because more water falls down and less gets evaporated so stalactites are formed of less size and stalagmites are bigger, some stalactites are bigger.
The water would then be called a solvent
makes no sense
Different things happen when solids are added to water some dissolve , some float , some sink , some fizz or bubble , some change colour. etc...
Simplest experiment is to take this water solution having undissolved solids in a hundred ml graduated cylinder upto its mark(100ml). Allow to stand for about half an hour, then note the level of undissolved solids at the bottom of the cylinder. Read that level as percent of solids in the water by weight. To determine percentage of solids by weight: Find the weight of water+undissolved solids Filter water solution through a filter paper. Find the weight of filtered water. Find the weight of dried solids. Percentage of undissolved solids = wt of undissolved solids divided by total weight of water and solids multiplied by 100
Water would be the solvent and the solid would be the solute.
with some you can ex) water can turn into ice
Yes. Different solids have different solubilities in water. Some are very soluble and others are insoluble, and others are in between.
Blue whales actually eat the small plankton floating around the water and some whales like the killer whale eats giants squids. Anyway the bigger the whale is the smaller prey it preys on while the smaller the whale is the bigger the food gets.