WATER

Question 1

features or importance of water

Answer 1

1. water acts as a metabolite in many metabolic reactions including condensation and hydrolysis reactions.
2. water has a high specific heat capacity which buffers temperature changes.
3. water has high latent heat of vapourisation providing a cooling effect with low evaporation.
4. water is a universal solvent so it dissolves some of the solutes forming a solution. most of our metabolic reaction pccurs in solution such a sthe cytoplasm so its very important
5. the coheisve property of water allows molecules to stick together which helps in water transport in plants and other living organisms.