water is the solvent & evaporation can be used to separate a solution by allowing the solvent to evaporate -> the solvent land will evaporate from the problem the solute water will evaporate from the solution  the solute water will evaporate from the solution & if the insolvent evaporates, the solvent will be separated from the problem -> the solute will be separated from the solution the solute will be separated from the solution  the solvent will be separated from the problem & sugar is the solute -> sugar will be separated from the solution