Water

Question 1

Name the 5 properties of water

Answer 1

Metabolite
Solvent
High specific heat capacity
High latent heat of vaporisation
Cohesion

Question 2

How is water a metabolite

Answer 2

It takes part in condensation and hydrolysis reactions

Question 3

Describe waters high specific heat capacity

Answer 3

Buffers changes in temperature
Because it has many h bonds which need a lot of heat to overcome therefore need a lot of heat to change temp

Question 4

Describe waters high latent heat of vaporisation

Answer 4

providing a cooling effect with little loss of water through evaporation
Lots of h bonds which need a lot of heat to overcome therefore a lot of heat is needed to change state from liquid to gas

Question 5

Describe waters cohesion

Answer 5

has strong cohesion between water molecules; this supports columns of water in the tube-like transport cells of plants and produces surface tension where water meets air.