Which of the following statements best accounts for the observation that an oversupply of sugar crystals will collect on the bottom of the iced tea solution

Question

Which of the following statements best accounts for the observation that an oversupply of sugar crystals will collect on the bottom of the iced tea solution

1.Air pressure pushes them down
2. Sugar has more molecules than water
3. Sugar is less dense than the solution of the tea in water
4. Sugar has more mass than an equal volume of iced tea solution
5. Sugar molecules are larger than iced tea molecules

Answer 1

The correct answer is 3. Sugar is less dense than the solution of the tea in water. The sugar crystals will sink to the bottom because they are denser than the surrounding liquid.