It's simple because you can separate the components of the salad,while in the compound,you can't separate its components easily except by scientific methods.
Mixture
Fruit salad is a mixture not a compound, because you can sort the fruits.
mixture
No, Fruit salad is not a compound it is a mixture. A mixture is something that can be separated without further processes, whilst a compound is something that needs more processing to be separated.
It's a mixture.
It is a heterogeneous mixture of oil, vinegar, and other ingredients.
Any type of salad is by definition a mixture, regardless of what is put in it.
heterogeneous mixture
Salad dressing is a heterogeneous mixture of oil, vinegar, and various other ingredients.
Its a mixture
Salad dressings are heterogeneous mixtures of oil, vinegar, and various other ingredients.
Coffee is a mixture.