Homogeneous

So, let's say you have a big bowl of fruit salad. The fruit salad is called homogeneous because all the different fruits in the bowl are pretty much the same. They are all mixed together and each bite of the fruit salad will taste the same because there's no one specific fruit in there that stands out.

The word "homogeneous" means that something is made up of the same kind of thing or looks the same throughout. In everyday life, we see examples of homogeneous things all around us, such as a bottle of water or a bowl of cereal.

In science, homogeneous is often used to describe mixtures where the parts of the mixture are evenly distributed throughout. For example, a solution of saltwater is homogeneous because the salt is evenly spread out in the water.

So, if you hear someone talking about something being homogeneous, just think of a big bowl of fruit salad where all the fruits are mixed together and taste the same.