Question

Dissolved Oxygen (DO) is critical to the ecology of an aquatic ecosystem. It can be affected by temperature, pollution, and numerous other factors. When the oxygen produced by photosynthetic plants in the water dissolves in the water, which of these is being formed?

Answer 1

The answer is A solution

Answer 2

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When the oxygen produced by photosynthetic plants in the water dissolves in the water, a solution is formed.

Dissolved oxygen behaves as a solution of O₂ in water. A solution is a mixture of a solute (the substance that is dissolved) and a solvent (the substance that dissolves the solute). In this case, the solute is the Oxygen and the solvent is the water. No atoms, compounds nor molecules are formed in this process, as there is no chemical reaction involved.