Question.3715 - Discuss what makes water a unique molecule? On a day -to -day interaction with water, do you feel its uniqueness?
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Hello professor and everyone else; considering the information from Chapter 3: The Chemical Basis for Life (2021), due to polarity and hydrogen bonding causing varied unusual patterning in the properties in the water, its molecules tend to be unique and also vital for our lives; in terms of polarity which arises from oxygen atom’s higher electronegativity creating an uneven charge distribution, making one end of the molecule slightly negative and the other slightly positive; which in turn allowing the molecules to form hydrogen bonds with each other while contributing to the solvent nature of water allowing it to dissolve in a wider range of substance like most biochemical reactions occur in aqueous environments. Another insight from Chapter 3: The Chemical Basis for Life (2021) would be that water tends to possess cohesive and adhesive forces that enable capillary action that allows water to transport nutrients in plants; the high specific heat of water allows it to absorb large amounts of heat with minimal temperature change and also regulates Earth’s climate and stabilizing conditions for life. Secondly, considering the information from Chapter 3: The Chemical Basis for Life (2021) on a day-to-day basis, water’s unique properties are evident in several ways for example whenever droplets bead on a waxed car surface or whenever water is seen rising in a straw, it will experience surface tension and capillary action; wherein water's ability to regulate temperature of the can be felt when touching the water due to the ability of heat exchange be it a tub of water or ocean, it will be subjected to constant heat exchange. The body with a higher temperature will impact the water to experience the exchange till both the elements in exchange attain an equilibrium state. Lastly, whether it’s the ease with which substances dissolve in water or how plants rely on capillary action to draw water from the soil, we constantly interact with water’s unique qualities without always realizing their significance. References Chapter 3: The Chemical Basis for Life. (2021). In Unique Properties of Water. https://www.boyertownasd.org/cms/lib/PA01916192/Centricity/Domain/99/New_Academic_Biology_Book/3_1_Unique_Properties_of_Water.pdfMore Articles From Science
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