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The Importance of water to life.
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The Importance of water to life. Water is essential to life itself, without water life on earth would not exist. Water is major component of cells, typically forming between 70-95% of the mass of cell. We are made of approximately 80% water by mass and some soft bodied creatures such as jellyfish are made of up to 95% water. Water also provides an environment for organisms to live in; the earth is covered in 75% water. Water itself is a simple molecule made up of 2 hydrogen atoms and oxygen atom bonded by hydrogen bonds: H2O. The hydrogen and oxygen are bonded covalently at the angle of 104.5? and are polar. Water properties due to its hydrogen bonds allows it to act as a solvent, reactive, molecule with cohesive properties, as an environment and as a temperature stabilizer. Waters properties as a solvent are vital for life as most biochemical reactions such as...
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