water and its function Flashcards

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What is the charge of water

A

The oxygen has a slight positive charge on the oxygen and slight negative on the hydrogen end water is dipoles

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2
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What does water attract to one another

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The difrenr poles attract so they water molecules have attractive forces between them called hydrogen bonds

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3
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Why does water have a high shc

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So the water temp dosnt fluctuate much

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4
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Why does water have a high latent heat of vaporisation

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So water dose not evaporate easily and is more effective for cooling the body down

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5
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What does water have surface tention and cohesion

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This so because water molecules tend to stick to one another this allows water to be piled up the xylem vessel in plants

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6
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How is water important to living organisms

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Mammals are typically 65% water
Water is in metabolism
Water is a solvent

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7
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What is inorganic ions

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They have a range of functions as in haemoglobin where they a part in transporting oxygen for example nitrate and phosphate.

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