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Cells need water to dissolve many of the chemical components of the cell. They need to have a precise range of concentration in order to function properly. They also need water in chemical reactions called hydrolysis reactions. In these reactions, chemical compounds are broken down by the addition of water.

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Needed by all plants to carry nutrients to cells and wastes away from cells?

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What is water needed for in your bodies?

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Are carbohydrates needed to make new body cells?

Yes. But protein and water is more necessary.


Which tissue in the leaf supplies water to the cells for photosynthesis?

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Describe one way the human body uses water as a solvent?

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Why are prokaryotic cells needed?

because they have multiple cells


Why are solar cells needed on the calculator?

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What are chemical substances needed by body cells that result from the process of digestion?

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Why is water an important component in the cytoplasm?

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Only cells can produce other cells?

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A mineral needed by bone cells?

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