Functions

• What is water VITAL to?


  Living organisms
• How much of a cell's contents does water make up?

  about 80%
• What are, VERY SIMPLY, the 4 functions of water?

  metabolite

  solvent

  temperature control

  cohesive for water transport
• Why is water important as a METABOLITE?


  • Water is a metabolite in loads of important metabolic reactions, including condensation and hydrolysis reactions
• Why is water important as a SOLVENT?


  • It is a solvent which means some substances dissolve in it
  • Most metabolic reactions take place in solution so water is essential