Consider sweetened ice tea. which of the following is a solute?
a. water
b. the beverage itself
c. ice
d. sugar

the beverage itself and the sugar

Explanation:

The sweetened ice tea is a solution made up of the tea(beverage), water and sugar. It becomes chilled to form sweetened ice tea.

The sugar and the beverage is dissolved in the water to form a solution of the tea depending on the desired specification. Water here is the solvent because in it, the solutes are dissolved.

ca has a crystalline lattice with positive ions (since it is a metal, metals are positively charged) and electrons flow freely in its structure since the ca atoms have a large nuclear radius so the electrons are not tightly held, therefore the electrons can flow freely since they are not being highly attracted by the nucleus. moreover, one of the properties of metals are that they are conductors of electricity, thus proving ca is the element.