water and its function

Question 1

What is the charge of water

Answer 1

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

Question 2

What does water attract to one another

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Why does water have a high shc

Answer 3

So the water temp dosnt fluctuate much

Question 4

Why does water have a high latent heat of vaporisation

Answer 4

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

Question 5

What does water have surface tention and cohesion

Answer 5

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

Question 6

How is water important to living organisms

Answer 6

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

Question 7

What is inorganic ions

Answer 7

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