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Stephen Cummins 12HOL Wednesday, 02 May 2007 The Biological Importance of Water Water is one of the most biologically important substances that an organism uses because it has many unique properties. One of which is its ability to dissolve different substances and carry them in its flow. This is because it is such a good solvent. Another interesting ability of water is it has a highly specific heat capacity. This means that it can only take a certain amount of heat energy before it is released. It also means that there is less temperature fluctuations in organisms that are mostly water based. So when there is an environmental fluctuation the organism would be only a small amount of change. Waters viscosity is another important aspect to the organisms relying upon it; this is because it easily flows and so can move easily through blood vessels and...

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