Importance of water as a solvent (cloze test)
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Cloze test:
Importance of water as a solvent, for example dissolved gases like oxygen are important for ecosystems.
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2021-06-25
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Water as a solvent plays an important role in climatic contexts, and is of major biological significance, for example for hydrolysis reactions in digestion or as a carrier of oxygen in water.
Information and ideas:
Not many students know that not only solids and liquids but also gases dissolve in water (how could fish breathe otherwise?).
Information and ideas:
Not many students know that not only solids and liquids but also gases dissolve in water (how could fish breathe otherwise?).
Excercise
Chemistry; Physics; Technology
Grade 7 to 9; Grade 10 to 13
Middle/high school
Solution; Dissolving properties (chemistry)
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