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Describe the usefulness of water in bioshphere and biological systems.

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Water is essential for all forms of life. It constitutes around 65% of the human body and 95% of plants. Water plays an important role in the biosphere owing to its high specific heat, thermal conductivity, surface tension, dipole moment, and dielectric constant.
The high heat of vapourization and heat of capacity of water helps in moderating the climate and body temperature of all living beings.
It acts as a carrier of various nutrients required by plants and animals for various metabolic reactions.
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NCERT-HYDROGEN-EXERCISE
  1. Compare the stuctures of H(2)O and H(2)O(2).

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  2. What do you understand by the term 'auto-protolysis' of water? What is...

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  3. Consider the reacton of water with F(2) and suggest, in terms of oxida...

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  4. Complete the following chemical reactions. (i) PbS(s)+H(2)O(2)(aq) t...

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  5. Describe the structure of the common form of ice.

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  6. What causes the temporary and permanent hardness of water ?

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  7. Discuss the principle and method of softening of hard water by synthet...

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  8. Write chemical reactions to show the amphoteric nature of water.

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  9. Write chemical reactions to justifty that hydrogen peroxide can functi...

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  10. What is meant by 'demineralised water' and how it can be obtained?

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  11. Is demineralised or distilled water useful for drinking purpose? If no...

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  12. Describe the usefulness of water in bioshphere and biological systems.

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  13. What properties of water make it useful as a solvent? What types of co...

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  14. Knowing the properties of H(2)O and D(2)O, do you think that D(2)O can...

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  15. What is the difference between hydrolysis and hydration?

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  16. How can saline hydrides remove traces of water from organic compouds?

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  17. What do you expect the nature of hydrides is, it formed by elements of...

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  18. Do you expect different products in solution when aluminium (III) chlo...

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  19. How does H(2)O(2) behave as a bleaching agent?

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  20. What do you understand by the terms: (i) hydrogen economy (ii) hydroge...

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