What are salty solutions?

A salty solution is like water that has had some salt mixed into it, just like when you make lemonade by adding sugar to water.

Imagine you have a glass of water, clear and empty. Now, if you add a spoonful of salt and stir it around, the salt disappears, but now the water feels different, it’s salty. That’s a solution, because the salt is dissolved in the water, not just sitting on the bottom.

In a salty solution, the salt isn’t gone, it's just broken into tiny pieces and floating around in the water. It’s like when you put sugar in your tea, you can’t see the sugar anymore, but you can still taste it.

If you leave the glass out for a while, sometimes the water might even evaporate, leaving behind little salt crystals on the edge of the glass, just like when you let soup sit and some of the liquid disappears, leaving behind something tasty stuck to the bowl!