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Ville Kurri 11E IB biology Miss Howes November 30, 2001 The Significance of Water Heat: Water has a high specific heat index. This means that water can absorb a lot of heat before it begins to get hot. This is why water is valuable to industries and in your car's radiator as a coolant. The high specific heat index of water also helps regulate the rate at which air changes temperature, which is why the temperature change between seasons is gradual rather than sudden, especially near the oceans. This is why water is ideal as insulation or a heat dissipation source. It holds more heat than just about anything. Solvent: Water is an excellent solvent. Many substances dissolve in water. Sugar, for example, is soluble in water. Since there is so much water in living organisms, water is a very important solvent. Substances such as glucose dissolve in the water of the blood, which then...

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