Test your knowledge of water’s ability to dissolve substances by matching the following statements with the correct answers.when water breaks apart an ionic compound into cations and anions:

When water separates an ionic compound into its positive cations and negative anions, the process is called dissociation. Hydration is water molecules surrounding dissolved ions, while dissolving is the broader process of a substance mixing into a solvent. Therefore, the correct answer is dissociation.

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