Only by chemical analysis.
How would you define a subtancebased on what you have obsrved
if you are comparing the water and Ice then it is neither. they are both the same.From one point of view you have a mixture - even though they are the same - one is in the solid state and the other is in the fluid state.From another - its an homogeneous substance since they are the same element.To be literal as to your question: which is about the ICE itself and the water is not actually the substance in question. With that then the Ice is a substance and as long as it is ICE is is not mixing with the water. When the state changes from solid to liquid the melted liquid has become the other substance and is no longer ICE.
A mixture of solids would be something like for example; compost. It is made up of all solid parts, yet the parts are different. It would not be considered a liquid or a gas, as all parts are solid and have not changed.
If a substance in a mixture is preponderant--, if the amount far exceeds the amounts of the other substances in the mixture it is usually called an impure substance. Resource: Separation of the Components of a Mixture Lab -Chemistry
by heating
How would you define a subtancebased on what you have obsrved
It would be an mixture
It wouldn't be a single substance, it would be a mixture.
No. If a substance is soluble, it will dissolve in a solvent, which means you will not be able to visually distinguish it. This would be a solution, which is a homogenous mixture.
Nope... it's a mixture.
If dry, then solid. If moist, then liquid.
The substance's melting point would be affected as it changes from a solid to a liquid.
It depends. You can have a gaseous mixture such as air, which would be a homogeneous mixture. But a single gas such as oxygen or methane would be a pure substance.
Smog would be classified as a homogeneous mixture because you cannot distinguish particles from eachother. It looks like one substance hovering over cities. Being able to see different substances obviously would make it a heterogeneous mixture. not to try and confuse you, but if you had better means to analyse the smog, you might be able to see it as a colloid or suspension, where you can see particles suspended in another.
Water is a physical object and is therefore a substance. Pure water, however, is not a solution or a mixture. Water with dissolved solutes would be a solution and mixture.
if you are comparing the water and Ice then it is neither. they are both the same.From one point of view you have a mixture - even though they are the same - one is in the solid state and the other is in the fluid state.From another - its an homogeneous substance since they are the same element.To be literal as to your question: which is about the ICE itself and the water is not actually the substance in question. With that then the Ice is a substance and as long as it is ICE is is not mixing with the water. When the state changes from solid to liquid the melted liquid has become the other substance and is no longer ICE.
A mixture of solids would be something like for example; compost. It is made up of all solid parts, yet the parts are different. It would not be considered a liquid or a gas, as all parts are solid and have not changed.