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Ahat [919]
3 years ago
15

Why do living cells need water?

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1 answer:
drek231 [11]3 years ago
5 0
Water is an essential to constituent of the protoplasm of living cells because it is directly involved in countless biochemical reactions like photosynthesis and respiration. Without it cells couldn’t move waste and by products, take in nutrients, perform intracellular transportation, functioning and signaling.
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