How can you distinguish a from b?

in this lab you will do experiments to identify types of changes using the question format you learned shown above write an investigative question that you can answer by doing these experiments

Which of the following is most likely true about water in chemical systems? a) water dissolves nonpolar ionic compounds. b) water dissociates ionic compounds. c) water dissociates covalent molecules. d) water dissolves nonpolar covalent substances.