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Water is said to have unique properties. Explain what these are and show in what ways these properties are so important to life.
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Water is said to have unique properties. Explain what these are and show in what ways these properties are so important to life. Water has many properties which makes it unique to all other lquids. It is one of the most important substances and even make up 80% of the body and 2/3 of the world. Many of the physical and chemical properties that make water so unique is due to its structure. Water is composed of one oxygen atom and two hydrogen atoms. Each hydrogen atom is covalently bonded to the oxygen. Oxygen also has two unshared pairs of electrons which has strong repulsion forces pushing the hydrogens further away. (see diagram 1) The bond angle between these hydrogen bonds is 105. This arrangement results in a polar molecule. This is due to the fact that there is a net negative charge toward the oxygen end of the molecule due to...
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