Coffee or tea with sugar dissolved in it is an example of a water-based solution. Coffee in this case is the __________________, sugar is the _________________, and this means that the sugar molecules must be __________________.
a. solvent; solute; hydrophobic
b. solute; solvent; hydrophobic
c. solvent; solute; hydrophilic
d. solute; solvent; hydrophilic
e. solution; solute; hydrophilic
Answer:A,C.