How does heat of vaporization affect living organisms?

Answer 1

Since the last answer frustrated me because i needed the answer i had to correct it. lol

One example of why high heat of vaporization is important to living organisms is because it makes a good fire extinguisher. This can be used for any fire but a good example would be in the case of forest fires. In turn, animals or other organisms and any unharmed area of the habitat are are protected from further harm as well as preserved.

Answer 2

High specific heat means that a lot of energy is requred to increase the temperature of water. This property of water minimizes fluctuations in water temperature and therefor permits life. Without this property, organisms would not survive in the extreme temperatures of water.

Answer 3

well, i guess the high heat capacity of water gives organisms an easier way of keeping homeostasis?

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Well, if not for water's high specific heat, all of the liquids on an organism will boil. It helps maintain proper body temperature (homeostasis maybe), and it can provide moisture and low instances of dehydration.

Answer 4

1. It helps organisms maintain a relatively stable internal temperature when the external temperature rises or falls.

2. Organisms that live in water tend to experience a more stable environmental temperature than organisms that live on land.

3. It helps prevent organisms from overheating due to the thermal energy released by chemical reactions inside cells.

Answer 5

The waters heat capacity (as well as its heat vaporation) allows it to moderate earths climate. This is obviously important because organisms can only live in a certain climate. Too cold and they'll freeze to death, too hot and they'll die from the heat. So basically the climate helps organisms live by providing them with a suitable climate.

Answer 6

Sorrry you don't know