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Water

Water. The Universal Solvent. OBJECTIVE: TSW understand the chemical and biochemical principles essential for life. Key concepts include- water chemistry and its impact on life processes. Review. Elements are made up of atoms. Compounds are made up of molecules. After Lab.

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  1. Water The Universal Solvent

  2. OBJECTIVE: TSW understand the chemical and biochemical principles essential for life. Key concepts include- • water chemistry and its impact on life processes.

  3. Review • Elements are made up of atoms • Compounds are made up of molecules.

  4. After Lab • A molecule is so small that there are billions of molecules in a single drop of water. About 60 million water molecules could be stretched side by side across a penny.

  5. There would be no life on Earth without water. • Water is the ONLY compound that commonly exists in all 3 phases (solid, liquid, gas) on Earth.

  6. About 2/3 of the mass of a cell is made up of water, and most of the biochemical processes of life occur in water solutions.

  7. SOLVENT-the substance that does the dissolving. (liquid) SOLUTE-the substance that is dissolved. (solid) A large number of substances will dissolve in water. Water isthe universal solvent.

  8. Therefore, the water inside and outside of cells is able to carry nutrients into and around cells and wastes away from cells.

  9. Water is a POLAR molecule Polarity - the attraction of positive and negative electrical charges OPPOSITES ATTRACT

  10. Adhesion:the tendency of two DIFFERENT substances to stick together, like water molecules stick to glass.

  11. Cohesion:the tendency of two SIMILAR substances to stick together.

  12. Capillary Action:the tendency of a liquid substance to move along the surface of a solid substance due to adhesion (as in water climbing a glass tube or inside a tree), even in spite of gravitational or other forces acting in the opposite direction

  13. Transpiration

  14. Hydrophilic- “water loving” can be dissolved in water, polar substances. • Hydrophobic- “water hating” cannotbe dissolved in water, non-polar substances, Ex. fat, oil • Amphipathic- molecules which have a region of each. Ex. Detergents that interact with each • Hydrolysis- a chemical reaction where water is involved. Like Dissolves Like

  15. One side of a water molecule is slightly negative (-) and the other side is slightly positive (+). Positive hydrogen atom H H O Negative oxygen atom

  16. In this way, water molecules “stick together” • Individual water molecules attract each other like magnets. + -

  17. Resistance to Temperature Change • Water has a high specific heat capacity • i.e. (id est ~ that is) Water is able to absorb a large amount of heat energy before it changes temperature. • It also means it is very slow in giving that thermal energy up

  18. Water is a liquid from 0 ºC to 100 ºC

  19. Water absorbs heat when it evaporates, allowing organisms to release excess heat.

  20. Large bodies of water can affect the climate. - As a result, lakes and oceans stabilize air and land temperatures.

  21. Polarity and cohesion give water its high surface tension. • Certain insects can walk on water because of its high surface tension. • Ex. Water strider High Surface Tension

  22. Solid Expansion • For most substances, solids are more dense than liquids. But the special properties of water make itless dense as a solid- ice floats on water! • Ice floats because hydrogen bonds hold water molecules farther apart in a solid than in a liquid

  23. When water freezes, the water molecules line up, and as they do, they move farther apart !

  24. The pH scale ranges from 0 to 14. • The pH of pure water is 7.

  25. A solution with a pH below 7 is acidic. • Substances added to water can lower or raise the pH. • A solution with a pH above 7 is basic.

  26. Organisms can tolerate only small changes in pH because every cell has a particular pH at which it functions best. • For example, changes in pH cause changes in the shapes of enzymes, resulting in a change in their activity.

  27. Public Health • In the past, streams and rivers were often used to dispose of human waste. • These were called open sewers.

  28. This led to disease and contamination of drinking water. • Advances in water treatment and sanitary sewers have helped to eliminate diseases from human waste.

  29. Current Sewer System Designs

  30. Humans can live without food for more than two months, but cannot live for more than a few days without water. No =

  31. “Now that’s some high quality…” • Clean, fresh water is essential for life. • We must protect our water sources from pollution!

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