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“The Importance of Water to living Organisms”  

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"The Importance of Water to living Organisms" Water is a unique molecule with certain properties that make it essential to living organisms. Your essay should look at these unique features. You should also explore the many ways in which water is useful to life found on our planet. 'A clear, colourless, tasteless liquid that is essential for plant and animal life' (1) Di-Hydrogen Oxide more commonly known as water, the single most important molecule on the planets surface without it life couldn't exist, Biologically speaking water is the most abundant compound on this planet. It is the most important component of the human body making up over two thirds of total bodyweight as our cells composition is around 80% water (2), we start life in the womb surrounded by water. Water played a major role in the evolution of biological systems, without it respiration and photosynthesis the very reactions of life couldn't take...

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