Importance of water as a solvent © Siemens Stiftung 2018 CC BY-SA 4.0 international

Importance of water as a solvent

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Importance of water as a solvent, for example dissolved gases like oxygen are important for ecosystems.

Available in: English, German, Spanish (CREA)
Type of media: Text (210.3 kByte)
Last update: 2018-10-05
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Media package:
Physics and chemistry of water
Description:
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?).

Using the followins source: Umweltbundesamt, Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
Related media:
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Learning resource type:
Information sheet
Subjects:
Chemistry; Physics; Technology
Grade levels:
Grade 7 to 9; Grade 10 to 13
School types:
Middle/high school
Keywords:
Solution; Dissolving properties (chemistry)
Bibliography:
Siemens Stiftung Media Portal
Author:
MediaHouse GmbH
Rights holder:
© Siemens Stiftung 2018
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