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Water



Importance water metabolite substance needed for metabolic reaction
:


of : a




metabolite metabolic reactions
·

in many


e
g
. .
condensation/hydrolisis reactions



good solvent



↳ most metabolic reactions take in
place solution



e
. .
g
cytoplasm


· helps with temperature control



↳ heat evaporation
has a
high lantent of


· specific heat capacity




Molecular make-up of water
- negative region
·




16
properties due to molecular structure O water bonded
&

H


water 8 + "st
is a simple molecule
by hydrogen
po sitive region s ↑
1
H
0
.




polar molecule wat er
1-1
bonds



than
oxygen is more
electronegative hydrogen, so shared electrons are attracted more
by
the
oxygen atom, which makes water a




dipole


water molecules are hold
together by intermolecular forces (hydrogen bonds)

↳ molecules
for m and break constantly due to the movement of the



lots of hydrogen bonds are
relatively strong

·
the molecules called cohesion
forming of
hydrogen bonds and
holding the together is




Properties :




Water is liquid :




it requires to
although is simple molecule is liquid hydrogen it lot break them
it > of
a a due to bonds as a
energy
↳
· viscosity,
has low so it flows easy a
single hydrogen bond is weak, but a lot of them
together are
strong

important that it is a liquid so that it can be a solvent ,
or more around materials ,
e

.
.
g

Xylem, blood




Density :




water is denser in its liquid state I due to
hydrogen bonds



it cools under 40c the water molecules lose kinetic less
as
energy so
they move




because get lattices hold (ice) not break to
they move less
they arranged into
together by hydrogen bonds ->
hydrogen bonds do due



movement



the I
molecules are now further apart gigant rigid but
open structure with every exygen at the centre of a tetrahedral arrangement
8G
--
of
hydrogen atoms: ·
=



·
otherwise not float that it would sink the level
good property as ice would so
rising sea




a c ts as an insulating layer for habitat below it an d ensures survival of some aquatic environment



solvent :




solvent for polar molecules



attracted positive of
negative regions by regions solute




positive regions attracted by negative regions of solute



↳ molecules around these dissolved
water cluster
charged par ts -> solute is




&e
.
↳
solution has been formed
&- &B -




-
e
au 8
T
-
- I &

&
sollte
S
·


needed as most reactions happen in
solution, lots of reactions the
cytoplasm
g
. happen in
e
.

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Publisher: Unknown ISBN: 9781782943143 Edition: 1

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