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.
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2018-10-05
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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?).
Using the followins source: Umweltbundesamt, Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
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:
Importance of water as a solvent (cloze test) (Interactive)
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)
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Siemens Stiftung Media Portal
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MediaHouse GmbH
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© Siemens Stiftung 2018