Water Questions

Explain each of these statements:

1. Sweating can cool the body below the temperature of the air surrounding it.

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2. A long column of water moves up through xylem vessels without breaking.

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3. Small covalent molecules such as glucose can dissolve in water.

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4. Reactions can occur if the reactants were in a solid state.

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5. Sea water will only freeze if the temperature drops well below the freezing point.

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6. Why is water’s transparency essential for life?

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7. Which biological process uses the latent heat of vaporisation of water?

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8. ‘‘Water is essential to life itself. Without water, life on earth would not exist’

Discuss this statement with reference to the structure and properties of water and explain how these
relate to the role that water plays as a medium of life.

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