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Water has a high specific heat due to hydrogen bonding, which increases intermolecular forces between molecules
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 9y agoIt is an excellent thing that water has a high heat capacity. This is especially important when heat is needed to boil food.
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∙ 13y agoSo they can more easily keep their temperatures relatively constant. Metabolic processes usually require pretty constant temperatures.
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Why are Hydrogen bonds very important in anatomy and physiology?
Life can not exist without water. Therefore, life can not exist without hydrogen bonds which attribute to many of the life creating and sustaining properties of water. Life is based on water primarily due to it's polarity, high specific heat, cohesion, and solvent properties.
Why is the high specific heat of water important to life on earth?
It is important because if the water's heat capacity was low then the temperature would change quickly, thus affecting normal body functions. For instance, in the ocean, constantly in the heat of the sun, and yet it will only vary a degree or two. Thus protecting all of the many species that thrive in the ocean. I just learned this in biology, ...glad i could help
What is a real life chemical reaction that releases heat?
Heat packs!
When was life formed?
more specific what kind of life?
What earth has that Uranus doesn't?
Earth has life, oxygen, nitrogen, carbon, much more heat, a solid surface, high amounts of water, and many other things that Uranus does not have.
Why does high specific heat of water make it essential to life?
The high specific heat allows water to act as a heat sink. Water will retain its temperature after absorbing large amount of heat and retain its temperature after losing equally large amount of heat. So water is essential for life.
The ocean has a high specific heat what would happen if the ocean had a low specific heat?
If the ocean had a low specific heat it wouldn't be able to support life. This is because the water would be too cold.
What property of water best helps aquatic life survive in lakes during the winter?
a.] water a high specific heat capacity
How does the high heat of vaporization facilitate life?
The high heat of vaporization, the implication being of water, facilitates life by allowing for efficient heat transfer from an organism to the environment during overheating. This is the case for sweat in terrestrial animals, which evaporates from the skin of a warm animal. The high heat of vaporization forces the outermost layers of the epidermis to lose the equivalent amount of thermal energy, cooling the skin.
How does water specific heat affect the environment?
Specific heat refers to the amount of heat needed to increase the temperature of one gram of a substance by one degree Celsius. The high specific heat of water has a buffering effect on nature, thus the aquatic ecosystems are well regulated.
Why are Hydrogen bonds very important in anatomy and physiology?
Life can not exist without water. Therefore, life can not exist without hydrogen bonds which attribute to many of the life creating and sustaining properties of water. Life is based on water primarily due to it's polarity, high specific heat, cohesion, and solvent properties.
What advantage does the high specific heat capacity of water have for terrestrial organisms?
Water is able to absorb a lot of energy before it begins to heat, which means that the oceans are fairly stable in temperature. This has led to development of life in the waters. Additionally, this means that surface water is stable and available for consumption.
What specific high school classes does a pediatrician needs?
There is nothing specific to being a pediatrician that you need to take in high school, but you do need to do well in all of your life science classes and chemistry.
How does high specific heat of large bodies of water benefit life?
A large body of water takes longer to warm up (in Summer) and to cool down (in Winter). Therefore the range of extreme temperature fluctuation tends to even out to an average over the four seasons.
Describe some important propeties of water?
Water is an important compound and necessary for life on Earth. It composes about 75% of the human body. In addition, water is known as the 'universal solvent,' has a high specific heat capacity and heat of vaporization, is polar, has a high surface tension, and can act as either an acid or base in solvent. Other important properties exist, and the list is quite extensive.
Identify the properties of water that are important for life to be able to exist?
The main properties of water: density, freezing point, boiling point, specific heat, polar covalent bonds, no smell, colourless, associated molecules by hydrogen bonds, surface tension, ability as solvent, etc.
How serious is heat stroke?
Heat stroke can be life threatening and because the percentage of victims dying from heat stroke is very high, immediate medical attention is critical when problems first begin.
