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3 years ago

Why is water necessary for life

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All known life needs liquid water to function properly. It's essential in part because water is such a good solvent, readily dissolving and transporting nutrients across a wide range of temperatures. Its molecules also play a key role in ensuring proteins behave properly.

Len [333]3 years ago

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Water is necessary for life because water carries nutrients to all of our cells. Water also carries oxygen to the brain and allows our body to absorb minerals and vitamins

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the number of positive and negative charges is the same

the numbers of atoms of each element on the left and right are the same

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Displacement reactions take place when a reactive element displaces a less reactive element from one of its compounds.

A common type of displacement reaction takes place when a reactive metal reacts with the salt of a less reactive metal. For example, copper reacts with silver nitrate solution to produce silver and copper(II) nitrate solution:

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